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how virat Kohli’s men clinched a

special victory at the lord’s

In the ICC rankings, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma remained firm at their respective fifth

and sixth spot; Joe Root jumps to the second position

Our Bureau But Kohli said that the con-

London stant verbal duel between his
side and England in the second
ndian captain Virat Kohli is Test gave extra motivation to his
“super proud” of the team boys to finish the game off.
Iafter visitors defeated En- India and England provid-
gland by 151 runs in the sec- ed an intense spectacle on day
ond Test at the Lord’s Cricket five as players from both sides
Ground on Monday to take a engaged in verbals and in the
1-0 lead in the five-match series. end, it was Kohli’s team who
At the start of the day, En- emerged triumphant in an en-
gland looked like the favourites gaging match. “I was part of the
to win the match. But Bumrah winning Test match last time
and Shami showed class with when I was a player under MS
the bat, and then an epic bowl- Dhoni. That was pretty special
ing performance sealed the deal as well, Ishant bowled an out-
for the visitors. England battled standing spell. In that game, we
hard, but their top order fail- mohammed Siraj celebrates the wicket of England's Jos Buttler during the put them under pressure on day
ures led to their downfall with 5th day of the Second test match between india and England at Lord's, in four itself, ESPNcricinfo quot-
the team being steamrolled for London on monday. (ani Photo) ed Kohli as saying.
just 120 in the second innings. “When we were our most suc-
“Super proud of the whole cessful in Test cricket for a year
team, the way we stuck to our and a half, our lower order was
plans, being put in, our perfor- contributing big time and that’s
mance with the bat was out- something that we went away
standing. Pitch didn’t offer from a little bit when we play
much of the first three days. But away from home. So that was
the way we played in the second one of our focuses, the batting
innings, under pressure, from coach has really worked hard
Jasprit and Shami was outstand- with the boys and they are put-
ing,” Virat Kohli said in the ting in the hard work,” he added.
post-match presentation. India head coach Ravi Shas-
Talking about the last time tri on Tuesday said that win-
India won at Lord’s, Kohli said: ning a match at Lord’s Cricket
“Last time was special, Ishant Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the dismissal of England's Ollie robinson Ground is very special. Shastri’s
bowled outstandingly. But this during the 5th day of the Second test match between india and England at comments came as Virat Kohli-
one, to get a result in 60 overs, Lord's, in London on monday. (ani Photo) led India registered a famous
is quite special. With someone 151-run over England in the
like Siraj playing at Lord’s for India opening batsman KL to win the match. But Bumrah second Test of the five-match
the first time and bowling as Rahul said that the ninth wicket and Shami showed class with series on Monday. “To win at @
he did was outstanding. We de- partnership between Moham- the bat, and then an epic bowl- HomeOfCricket as a player and
cided 60 was our mark, crucial med Shami and Jasprit Bum- ing performance sealed the deal coach is something very special.
breakthroughs were great for us rah in the second innings of the for the visitors. England battled Thanks a ton guys for making
and we carried on from there. Lord’s Test against England re- hard, but their top order failures it happen. Enjoy the moment
The second half of the day, we ally pumped up the side and it led to their downfall with the #TeamIndia,” tweeted Shastri.
thought we were on top and our gave everyone energy. team being steamrolled for just Talking about the win, India
fans got behind us. We feed off At the start of the day, En- 120 in the second innings, hand- opener Rohit Sharma tweeted:
the energy of the crowd as well.” gland looked like the favourites ing visitors a win by 151 runs. Continued on next page... >>

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