5 Heroes of India's Historic Win At Lord's
Ajinkya Rahane, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma played pivotal roles in India's historic triumph on Monday July 21,2014 which helped the visitors to their first Test win at Lord's since 1986 and only second overall in 82 years
If Ajinkya Rahane's century on day one laid the foundation, Ishant Sharma's hostile spell of fast bowling ended it in heroic fashion
Ajinkya Rahane, batting at No. 4, scored 103 and shared a crucial 90-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (36) to take India out of the woods from 145 for 7 after the top order failed
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled an exceptional spell of swing bowling in England's first innings to rattle the hosts and end with figures of 6/82
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's performance with the bat got another star in India's second innings when Bhuvneshwar struck his third half-century of the series in a 99-run eighth-wicket partnership with Ravindra Jadeja that helped India post 342 and set England a challenging target of 319
After erasing England's small lead of 24, India were in a relatively comfortable position at 118 for 1, but then lost three wickets in the space of five runs to slip to 123 for 4.
Murali Vijay continued his good work in the Indian 2nd innings and played a patient but classic Test knock of 95 in 247 balls
It was only due to Ravindra Jadeja's counter-attack and his partnership with Bhuvneshwar on day four that allowed India's lead to cross 300 and set England a stiff target of 319.
A career-best 7-wicket burst by Ishant Sharma sucked life out of England to give India their first Test win at Lord's in 28 years.
Five wickets in eight overs (after two on the previous day) of bone-chilling Test-match fast bowling became part of cricketing folklore as Ishant Sharma ripped England apart with a barrage of short balls.
Ishant Sharma's figures are the fourth best by an Indian speedster away from home.
Ajinkya Rahane, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma played pivotal roles in India's historic triumph on Monday July 21,2014 which helped the visitors to their first Test win at Lord's since 1986 and only second overall in 82 years
If Ajinkya Rahane's century on day one laid the foundation, Ishant Sharma's hostile spell of fast bowling ended it in heroic fashion
Ajinkya Rahane, batting at No. 4, scored 103 and shared a crucial 90-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (36) to take India out of the woods from 145 for 7 after the top order failed
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled an exceptional spell of swing bowling in England's first innings to rattle the hosts and end with figures of 6/82
Bhuvneshwar Kumar's performance with the bat got another star in India's second innings when Bhuvneshwar struck his third half-century of the series in a 99-run eighth-wicket partnership with Ravindra Jadeja that helped India post 342 and set England a challenging target of 319
After erasing England's small lead of 24, India were in a relatively comfortable position at 118 for 1, but then lost three wickets in the space of five runs to slip to 123 for 4.
Murali Vijay continued his good work in the Indian 2nd innings and played a patient but classic Test knock of 95 in 247 balls
It was only due to Ravindra Jadeja's counter-attack and his partnership with Bhuvneshwar on day four that allowed India's lead to cross 300 and set England a stiff target of 319.
A career-best 7-wicket burst by Ishant Sharma sucked life out of England to give India their first Test win at Lord's in 28 years.
Five wickets in eight overs (after two on the previous day) of bone-chilling Test-match fast bowling became part of cricketing folklore as Ishant Sharma ripped England apart with a barrage of short balls.
Ishant Sharma's figures are the fourth best by an Indian speedster away from home.
- Kapil Dev had taken 8 for 85 vs Pakistan at Lahore in 1982-83 and 8 for 106 vs Australia at Adelaide in 1985-86
- Anil Kumble had captured 10 for 74 vs Pakistan at Delhi in 1998-99 - the best ever
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