Indan bowlers Top-5 Spells in Test at Lord’s: Currently Team India is on a tour of England, where the excitement of the 5-match Test series between the English team and the Indian team continues. The series started with the Test played in Leeds, in which Team India had to face defeat by 5 wickets. At the same time, in the Test held at Edgbaston, the Indian team defeated Ben Stokes and company by 336 runs and leveled the series 1-1. Now the third match of the series is to be played at the historic ground of Lord’s, which will start from July 10.
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Bowlers: Talking about Team India’s record at Lord’s, it has played 19 Tests on this ground so far, in which it has faced defeat on 12 occasions. At the same time, Men in Blue have won 3 matches and 4 matches have been drawn. India has registered two of these wins in the last three matches, which is good news for Indian fans. Many Indian bowlers have given game-changing spells in the Test matches held at Lord’s. In this article, we will know about 5 such spells.
5 Best Spells Bowled by Indian Bowlers in Tests at Lord’s
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5. RP Singh, 2007
Bowlers: India won the last Test series in England in 2007. The first match of the series was held at Lord’s, which was drawn. In this match, RP Singh had troubled the English with his dangerous bowling in England’s second innings. He played an important role in restricting England to a score of 282 by opening the claws.
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 2014
Bowlers: When Team India won the Test match in 2014 on this ground, Bhuvneshwar Kumar had an important contribution in it. After the first match of the five-Test series was drawn, the teams of India and England reached the Mecca of cricket, Lord’s, to clash in the second Test.
Bowlers: India scored 295 runs while playing first. In the reply innings, the England team was able to reach 319 runs. Bhuvneshwar took the most wickets in this innings. He made 6 batsmen his victims. After this, Team India scored 342 runs in the second innings and set a target of 319 runs for England to win, chasing which the hosts were all out for 223 runs. In this way India won the match by 95 runs.
3. Mohammed Siraj, 2021
Mohammed Siraj’s role will be very important in the upcoming match of Lord’s. The last time Team India played their last Test on this ground, Siraj took a total of 8 wickets. He took 4 wickets in England’s first innings. After this, in the second innings, Siraj took 4 wickets for just 32 runs. With the help of his amazing performance, England were all out for 120 runs in the fourth innings while chasing a target of 272 runs.
2. Chetan Sharma, 1986
Former Indian fast bowler Chetan Sharma was the star of the team’s first Test win at Lord’s in 1986. The match saw India win the toss and field first, the right-arm fast bowler played all his tricks on the English lineup and kept them under control.
Sharma took the wickets of key batsmen Graham Gooch, David Gower, Mike Gatting and Alan Lamb in his spell. He helped India restrict England to 294 with impressive figures of 5/64 in 32 overs.
Seeing Sharma’s brilliant bowling, the other bowlers also took inspiration from him and put pressure on the England batsmen. This is why Team India was able to win the match by 5 wickets.
1. Ishant Sharma, 2014
If Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s spell laid the foundation for India’s second Test win at Lord’s (2014), then Ishant Sharma made it firm. When England came out to chase the target of 319 runs in the fourth innings of the match, Ishant took his first two wickets by dismissing captain Alastair Cook and stylish right-arm bowler Ian Bell in two overs. After this, he did not stop and took a total of 7 wickets. Ishant was chosen Player of the Match for his match-winning spell.
