1st Test, Day 5: Persistent rain ends promising contest in tame draw

Persistent rain and wet outfield washed out the entire day’s play of the fifth and final day of the first Test between India and England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. The game ended in a frustrating draw after an intriguing penultimate day on the back of a century by Joe Root and a five-wicket haul by Jasprit Bumrah. 

For his marvellous innings in both the innings, Root was adjudged Man of the Match.

India were set a target of 209 runs and they were to resume batting front their overnight score of 52 at the loss of KL Rahul’s wicket. 

Earlier, India had bowled England out for 183 in the first innings and put on a lead of 95 runs on the back of patient 84 from Rahul, swashbuckling fifty from Ravindra Jadeja and handy contributions from the tailenders.

The second Test of the five-match long Test series will start on August 12 at Lord’s in London and both the sides will come hard at each other to take a lead after missing out to go 1-0 up in the series.

For England, the batting form of their top-order batsmen will be a cause of concern while India will be desperate to see their middle order comprising of skipper Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara come back to their best against the England bowling lineup.