India National Cricket Team made its worst debut in history with the bat in the ongoing fourth Test match of the series against the England National cricket team.
English Pesar Chris Woakes wreaked havoc at Old Trafford, Manchester and rejected Yashsvi Jaiswal and Sai Reformson in the first over.
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Chris Woakes reduces India by 0/2
India gave a terrible performance with the ball in the fourth match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and allowed England to pile up 669 and take a lead of 311 runs.
India’s poor performance in the third innings continued as they left for a scary start with the bat and reduced to 0/2.
Chris Woakes opened bowling for England, and on the fourth ball of the first over, he rejected Yashsvi Jaiswal. The Indian opener tried to flick a delivery from Vox, but opted out the slippers, where Joe Root caught an excellent catch in the second attempt.
On the next ball, Vokes delivered a back-off-one-length delivery that Sai reformson tried to leave, but found a lower edge and was caught by Harry Brook. With nothing in India, India lost two wickets in the first five balls as both openers went back to a duck.
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Chris Woakes!
A heart-mouthed moment for the root that almost stumbles … but the hour man remains on and we have the first!
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– England Cricket (@NglandCrick) 26 July, 2025
Two in two!
Harry turned straight to Brook. What is the beginning!
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– England Cricket (@NglandCrick) 26 July, 2025
This was the first time since 1983 when India lost two wickets for 0 in a test innings, and overall, this was the 11th example.
When India lost two wickets for 0 for 0 in Test cricket with Malcolm Marshall, Aunshuman Gekewad and Dilip Vengsarkar in Chennai rejected, Sunil Gavaskar played an iconic innings of 236*.
In addition, it was the first (5 balls) India lost two wickets in men’s test innings, with the previous record 6 balls, when Trent Bault rejected Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara in Auckland in the 2013/14 series.
This is the first (5 balls) in India two below in a male test innings.
The previous record (where data is available) was on 6 balls, when Bault rejected Dhawan and Pujara in Auckland in 2013/14.
So far, one and first in the serious era.
– Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) 26 July, 2025
Speaking at Jiohotstar during lunch break on day 4, Stuart Broad said the Indian batsmen were tired when they came out to bat after a long fielding, resulting in a poor start.
“Fresh legs, fresh bowlers. If you give your bowlers a sleep of two nights in a Test match, they will come out and talk to the ball. It’s an interesting, Jaswal, the other ball, tried to cut and missed, and he immediately shook his feet.
“You know what you do when you get lactic acid in your feet, you shake them and feel something. It is shown to me that he was mentally and physically, he was tired, and he was trying to switch himself.
“Good luck … it was complete mental and physical fatigue, which in your second Test match, when you were in the field for more than 160 overs, makes a complete understanding.”
