India crush England by 151 runs at Lord’s to take a 1-0 lead
India's players in joyous celebration after their emphatic victory.
India's players in joyous celebration after their emphatic victory.

LONDON, England (Reuters) -India’s pacemen produced a terrific display of swing bowling to crush England by 151 runs in the second Test at Lord’s on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
England were bowled out for 120 in pursuit of a target of 272 on the final day, succumbing to the steady pressure built up by the Indian bowlers.
Jasprit Bumrah (3-33) got India off to the perfect start by removing Rory Burns for a duck in the first over before Mohammed Shami (1-13) produced an unplayable out-swinger to get the better of fellow opener Dom Sibley, also for naught.
Bumrah got the big wicket of the in-form Joe Root (33) soon after tea, the England skipper edging to opposite number Virat Kohli at first slip.
Jos Buttler, who was dropped on two by Kohli, briefly threatened to salvage a draw for the hosts but all hopes of such a result were extinguished by Mohammed Siraj (4-32), who accounted for both Buttler and James Anderson in the same over, handing India only their third-ever test win at Lord’s.
“Super proud of the whole team, the way we stuck to our plans… being put in, our performance with the bat was outstanding,” said Kohli.
“The pitch didn’t offer much for the first three days… but we thought with 60 overs to go (on the final day) we could have a crack, and they (the bowlers) were outstanding.”

Earlier, India declared on 298-8 after Shami and Bumrah put on an unbeaten partnership of 89 for the ninth wicket.
Resuming on an overnight score of 181-6, India lost Rishabh Pant (22) and Ishant Sharma (16) early, both falling to Ollie Robinson before Shami (56 not out) and Bumrah (34 not out) thwarted the England attack with some gutsy strokeplay.
Shami was particularly impressive, taking 10 runs off one Moeen Ali over just before lunch, which included a huge six over mid-wicket to bring up his half-century.
Bumrah was peppered with short deliveries by the England pacers but displayed great application, taking advantage of a spread-out field that had ample singles to offer.
The England players cut a frustrated figure, with Mark Wood and Buttler getting into a verbal altercation with Bumrah over what seemed like a response to the Indian fast bowler’s barrage of bouncers aimed at Anderson at the end of day three.
“A bit of tension on the field really motivated us to finish the game,” added Kohli.
The two sides face each other in the third test at Headingley from Aug. 25.

INDIA 1st innings 364
England `st innings 391
India 2nd innings o/n 181-6
Lokesh Rahul c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood 5
Rohit Sharma c Moeen Ali b Mark Wood 21
Cheteshwar Pujara c Joe Root b Mark Wood 45
Virat Kohli c Jos Buttler b Sam Curran 20
Ajinkya Rahane c Jos Buttler b Moeen Ali 61
Rishabh Pant c Jos Buttler b Ollie Robinson 22
Ravindra Jadeja b Moeen Ali 3
Ishant Sharma lbw Ollie Robinson 16
Mohammed Shami Not Out 56
Jasprit Bumrah Not Out 34
Extras 2b 12lb 1nb 0pen 0w 15
Total (109.3 overs) 298 decl
Fall of Wickets : 1-18 Rahul, 2-27 Sharma, 3-55 Kohli, 4-155 Pujara, 5-167 Rahane, 6-175 Jadeja, 7-194 Pant, 8-209 Sharma
Did Not Bat : Siraj
Bowling: James Anderson 25.3 – 6 – 53 – 0, Ollie Robinson 17 – 6 – 45 – 2 (1nb),
Mark Wood 18 – 4 – 51 – 3, Sam Curran 18 – 3 – 42 – 1, Moeen Ali 26 – 1 -0 84 – 2.
……………………………………………………..
ENGLAND 2nd innings
Rory Burns c Mohammed Siraj b Jasprit Bumrah 0
Dominic Sibley c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Shami 0
Haseeb Hameed lbw Ishant Sharma 9
Joe Root c Virat Kohli b Jasprit Bumrah 33
Jonny Bairstow lbw Ishant Sharma 2
Jos Buttler c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj 25
Moeen Ali c Virat Kohli b Mohammed Siraj 13
Sam Curran c Rishabh Pant b Mohammed Siraj 0
Ollie Robinson lbw Jasprit Bumrah 9
Mark Wood Not Out 0
James Anderson b Mohammed Siraj 0
Extras 17b 7lb 4nb 0pen 1w 29
Total (51.5 overs) 120 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 Burns, 2-1 Sibley, 3-44 Hameed, 4-67 Bairstow, 5-67 Root, 6-90 Ali, 7-90 Curran, 8-120 Robinson, 9-120 Buttler, 10-120 Anderson
Bowling : Jasprit Bumrah 15 – 3 – 33 – 3 (2nb), Mohammed Shami 10 – 5 – 13 – 1 (1nb),
Ravindra Jadeja 6 – 3 – 5 – 0 (1nb), Mohammed Siraj 10.5 – 3 – 32 – 4 (1w), Ishant Sharma 10 – 3 – 13 – 2 .

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