New Delhi: The Indian cricket team, after having complete dominance in the first innings of the game, flattered down in the second innings as the visitors registered an impressive win in the first test match of the Arthur de Mellow series to go 1-0 up in the series.
India, who was heavily favoured to win the game with their strong spin department, was given the taste of their own medicine. They lost all their wickets in the game to the opposing spinners and were forced to surrender the match.
Joe Root in the first innings with four wickets and Tom Hartley in the second innings with seven wickets broke the back of the Indian batting line-up in the match.
A fifer 🖐 on debut
Tom hardly put a foot wrong as he brings the visitors to the brink of victory 🎉#INDvsENG #IDFCFirstBankTestSeries #JioCinemaSports #BazBowled pic.twitter.com/toBszaZ8yM
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) January 28, 2024
However, Ollie Pope, with his 196 runs inning in the second innings of the English team, was the real match changer, as it saw the visitors fend off the huge 190 runs first innings deficit and get themselves 230 runs lead, which was more than enough for them to kill off the host’s chances to take a series lead in the series.
Standing ovation for Ollie Pope from the Hyderabad crowd! #Pope #Olliepope #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/vUh9ePd6PU
— Kartik Kannan (@kartik_kannan) January 28, 2024
The second match of the series will now be played from February 2, in Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Netizens react
As soon as England dismissed the last Indian batter to register the win, the netizens on X (Formerly known as Twitter), filled the social media platform with their take on the disappointing outing of the Indian cricket team in Hyderabad, effectively sparking a meme fest.
Check out their reactions below:
‘Failed another exam.’ #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/StFTWUZkD6
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) January 28, 2024
Hartley ripped apart Indian team.#INDvsENGpic.twitter.com/9r5iXtsJo6
— Mustafa Masood Qureshi (@mustafamasood23) January 28, 2024
Indian captain when he has to win a match without Virat kohli #INDvsENGpic.twitter.com/pm519HHv1u
— U M A R (@Agrumpycomedian) January 28, 2024
Rishabh Pant monitoring the situation 😂😂.#INDvsENG #INDvsENGTest#INDvENGpic.twitter.com/jEboet5mko
— Ahmad Sultan (@ahmadsultan67) January 28, 2024
Relax guys we lose first match to win the series#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/3w7nbbJavj
— Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) January 28, 2024
I hope someone had played for his personal milestone and won us this test match. #INDvsENG #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/mnWLuHq7cM
— TROLL PAKISTAN CRICKET (@trollpakistanii) January 28, 2024
Like this if you agree 👍#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/5kKzFFLtHB
— Ayush (@vkkings077) January 28, 2024
My reaction after seen England won match v/s India in India 🥺.
What a Captaincy by Ben Stokes.#INDvsENGTest #RohitSharma#INDvsENG #TestCricket #WTC25 pic.twitter.com/y0YbTyD2pY
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) January 28, 2024
Then Wi and now Eng…..
Looklike we are in 80s era
The era in which both team used to dominate 🔥#INDvsENG #AUSvsWI #ShamarJoseph pic.twitter.com/Vp3Kg4tylu— A D I T Y A🚩 (@aditya___07____) January 28, 2024
