1st Test Day-5 : Duckett's superb 149, Crawley 65 & Root's 53* runs powered England to upset India by 5 wickets and led series 1-0

1st Test match of five test match series played between England vs India at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds during June 20 to June 24, 2025.

Day-5 : Duckett's superb 149, Crawley 65 & Root's 53* runs powered England to upset India by 5 wickets and led series 1-0

Resume batting on 21/0, England with Ben Duckett's wonderful 149, Zak Crawley's 65, Joe Root's 53* and Jamie Smith's 44* runs made given chase easily and won the match by 5 wickets margin. MP Krishna and SN Thakur shared 2 wickets each for India. Ben Duckett declared man of the match for his 62 & 149 runs respectively in both inning. England led 5-match series 1-0 as well.

Day-4 : KL Rahul's 137 and RR Pant's 118 runs powered India to set 471 runs target for England to get, England score 21/0 at stumps

Resume batting on 90/2, India team all out scoring 364 runs and set 371 runs target to win. KL Rahul played well and 137 runs and Rishabh Pant played superb inning of 118 runs. Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue shared 3 wickets each for England. England score 21/0 at stumps day-4. England still required 350 runs to win.

Day-3 : Bumrah's 5 for led India to finished England od 465, Pope made 106 and Brook score 99 runs, India score 90/2 at stumps

Resume batting on 209/3, England team all out scoring 465 runs. Ollie Pope with 106 runs and Harry Brook's 99 runs were highlights of England inning. Bumrah claimed 5 wickets and MP Krishna took 3 wickets for India. India were 90/2 at stumps day-3 with 96 runs lead. KL Rahul with 47 and Shubman Gill with 6 runs were in middle to resume India's 4th day play.

Day-2 : Gill's 147 & Pant's 134 led India to score 471, England with Pope's 100* score 209/3 at stumps, Bumrah took 3 wkts

Resume batting on 359/3, India with Shubman's superb 147 runs and Rishabh's wonderful 134 runs score 471 runs in 1st inning. Ben Stokes and Josh Tongue with 4 wickets each were top bowler for England. England were 209/3 at stumps. Ollie Pope with 100 and Harry Brook with 0 runs in middle to resume 3rd day play. Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets for India.

Day-1 : Yashasvi Jaiswal's 101 and Shubman Gill's wonderful 127* runs led India to score 359/3 at stumps

Putting into bat first by England, India with wonderful batting performances score 359/3 at stumps day-1. KL Rahul 42 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal 101 runs, Rishabh Pant 65* runs and Shubman Gill with 127* runs were highlights of Indian inning. Ben Stokes took 2 wickets for England. RR Pant with 65* and Shubman Gill with 127* runs to resume day-2 play for India.

Man of the match :- Ben Duckett (Eng)

England vs India 1st test scorecard Toss : England won and field first Result : England won by 5 wickets Man of The Match : Ben Duckett (Eng) Series - England led 5-match series 1-0   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Yashasvi Jaiswal b Stokes 101 159 16 1 63.52   KL Rahul c Root b Carse 42 78 8 0 53.84   Sai Sudharsan c Smith b Stokes 0 4 0 0 0.00   Shubman Gill (c) c Tongue b Shoaib Bashir 147 227 19 1 64.75   Rishabh Pant (w) lbw b Tongue 134 178 12 6 75.28   Karun Nair c Pope b Stokes 0 4 0 0 0.00   Ravindra Jadeja b Tongue 11 15 2 0 73.33   Shardul Thakur c Smith b Stokes 1 8 0 0 12.50   Jasprit Bumrah c Brook b Tongue 0 5 0 0 0.00   Mohammed Siraj not out 3 7 0 0 42.85   Prasidh Krishna b Tongue 1 3 0 0 33.33                   Extras (b 1, lb 14, nb 9, w 2, pen 5) 31           Total (113.0 overs) 471/10 RR: 4.16   England       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Chris Woakes 24 4 103 0 4 0 4.29   Brydon Carse 22 5 96 1 3 1 4.36   Josh Tongue 20 0 86 4 1 0 4.30   Ben Stokes 20 2 66 4 1 1 3.30   Shoaib Bashir 27 6 100 1 0 0 3.70   England 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Zak Crawley c Nair b Bumrah 4 6 1 0 66.66   Ben Duckett b Bumrah 62 94 9 0 65.95   Ollie Pope c Pant b Prasidh Krishna 106 137 14 0 77.37   Joe Root c Nair b Bumrah 28 58 2 0 48.27   Harry Brook c Thakur b Prasidh Krishna 99 112 11 2 88.39   Ben Stokes (c) c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 20 52 3 0 38.46   Jamie Smith (w) c Sai Sudharsan b Prasidh Krishna 40 52 5 1 76.92   Chris Woakes b Bumrah 38 55 3 2 69.09   Brydon Carse b Mohammed Siraj 22 23 4 0 95.65   Josh Tongue b Bumrah 11 18 2 0 61.11   Shoaib Bashir not out 1 4 0 0 25.00                   Extras (b 8, lb 18, nb 7, w 1) 34           Total (100.4 overs) 465/10 RR: 4.61   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Jasprit Bumrah 24.4 5 83 5 4 0 3.36   Mohammed Siraj 27 0 122 2 1 0 4.51   Prasidh Krishna 20 0 128 3 0 1 6.40   Ravindra Jadeja 23 4 68 0 0 0 2.95   Shardul Thakur 6 0 38 0 2 0 6.33   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Yashasvi Jaiswal c Smith b Carse 4 11 1 0 36.36   KL Rahul b Carse 137 247 18 0 55.46   Sai Sudharsan c Crawley b Stokes 30 48 4 0 62.50   Shubman Gill (c) b Carse 8 16 1 0 50.00   Rishabh Pant (w) c Crawley b Shoaib Bashir 118 140 15 3 84.28   Karun Nair c & b Woakes 20 54 3 0 37.03   Ravindra Jadeja not out 25 40 2 1 62.50   Shardul Thakur c Root b Tongue 4 12 0 0 33.33   Mohammed Siraj c Smith b Tongue 0 1 0 0 0.00   Jasprit Bumrah b Tongue 0 2 0 0 0.00   Prasidh Krishna c Tongue b Shoaib Bashir 0 11 0 0 0.00                   Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 6, w 3) 18           Total (96.0 overs) 364/10 RR: 3.79   England       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Chris Woakes 19 4 45 1 1 0 2.36   Brydon Carse 19 2 80 3 2 1 4.21   Josh Tongue 18 2 72 3 1 2 4.00   Shoaib Bashir 22 1 90 2 0 0 4.09   Ben Stokes 15 2 47 1 2 0 3.13   Joe Root 3 0 21 0 0 0 7.00   England 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Zak Crawley c Rahul b Prasidh Krishna 65 126 7 0 51.28   Ben Duckett c sub (K Nitish Reddy) b Thakur 149 170 21 1 87.64   Ollie Pope b Prasidh Krishna 8 8 2 0 100.00   Joe Root not out 53 84 6 0 63.09   Harry Brook c Pant b Thakur 0 1 0 0 0.00   Ben Stokes (c) c Shubman Gill b Jadeja 33 51 4 0 64.70   Jamie Smith (w) not out 44 55 4 2 80.00   Chris Woakes               Brydon Carse               Josh Tongue               Shoaib Bashir                               Extras (b 12, lb 6, nb 3) 21           Total (82.0 overs) 373/5 RR: 4.54   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Jasprit Bumrah 19 3 57 0 0 0 3.00   Mohammed Siraj 14 0 51 0 1 0 3.64   Ravindra Jadeja 24 1 104 1 0 0 4.33   Prasidh Krishna 15 0 92 2 1 0 6.13   Shardul Thakur 10 0 51 2 1 0 5.10