India recorded their greatest Check win (by runs), defeating England by a mammoth 434-run margin on the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
Having received the toss on the opening day, India elected to bat and posted 445 on the board with a whole bunch from captain Rohit Sharma (131) and Ravindra Jadeja (112). In reply, England managed 319 with 100 from Ben Duckett (153) being the lone brilliant spot.
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The hosts then took full management over the match with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s second double century in successive video games serving to India arrange a 557-run goal. The left-hander had retired harm in a single day after scoring his third Check ton. He returned to bat on the fall of the third wicket and pulverized the English assault to notch up his double hundred. Jaiswal equalled Wasim Akram’s report for essentially the most sixes in an innings (12) as he remained unbeaten on 214 with India declaring on 430 for 4.
England crumbled within the chase as Ravindra Jadeja claimed his thirteenth Check five-wicket haul (5/21). England ultimately folded for 122 runs, ensuing of their greatest defeat to India.
It is @imjadeja with the ultimate breakthrough 😎 #TeamIndia win the third Check by 434 runs! 👏👏
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2024
India’s win was their best-ever by margin of runs in Check cricket, beating their earlier better of a 372-run win towards New Zealand in Mumbai in 2021. By the way, India’s greatest Check win by innings additionally got here on the identical venue once they trumped West Indies by an innings and 272 runs in 2018.
In the meantime, the defeat was additionally the Three Lions’ second-heaviest loss in Assessments behind a 562-run defeat to Australia on the Oval in 1934.
India’s greatest Check wins by runs
– by 434 runs v England, 2024* (Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot)
– by 372 runs v New Zealand, 2021 (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
– by 337 runs v South Africa, 2015 (Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi)
– by 321 runs v New Zealand, 2016 (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
– by 320 runs v Australia, 2008 (IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)