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When a Bowler Batted for 238 minutes to save India's Pride | India vs England 2002 - Test 1 |Cricket

It was the beginning of a brutal battle The English man reeling after the natwest defeat While the Indians setting up for opvercoming a historic barriar The test series that was to come Was to become a legend in cricket It started from celebrations that followed the Indian natwest victory Indian players had demanded the Englishman to hand over that champagne bottle. With ravi shastri coming down from the commentary box, Roads was crowded with Indian fans, cheering and waving Indian flag. An emotional Sourav Ganguly thanked the team and announced the BCCI bonus. Rahul Dravid too thanked the team once again tried to retire from his wicket keeping duties. But they weren’t aware of the storm brewing. A distraught English team, sad about their loss, watching the shirtless foreign captain at THEIR Lords. They now had only one thing in mind Payback Captain Naseer Hussain was facing a challenge Most of his team had been injured Is Andrew Flintoff complaining of serious groin pain. But still within a few days of loss, team was back to practice. To practice and to plan. To plan that this time India would not escape Starting from Targeting Sachin. Naseer had this plan in his mind. Not getting Sachin out directly. Asking Ashley Giles to pitch the ball outside leg stump. Frustrating Sachin into taking a bad shot. Giles did manage to stump Sachin out, For first time in his test career. But still sachin had became player of the series. And bringing this plan back Similar plans were creted For each and every batsman. Sehwag was baited to give his wicket dada was angered into taking solace from india’s test record in England As the sun rose on first test, hopes were high, expectations reaching the sky England’s plan was simple, Win the toss Bat defensively for first few sessions. Putting early pressure on India. English captain made his way to the ground after two wickets. Defence on his mind. His first 60 runs took 60 overs. And he could have continued the same if not for the cramp. And so he decided to shift gears Going on the attack His one decision changed the entire course of the match. A Player who had taken 128 balls for 50 runs, was now completing his century in next 64 balls. He set the tone; others followed the suit. Flintoff 59, White 53, Crawley 64, Jones 44 and the cramp ridden captain 155 together for 487 runs in response English bowlers followed their strategy with controlled bowling came uncontrolled aggression and after starting strong by Sehwag 84, they quickly went from 128 for 2 to 221 all out. Dada sat on the same Lord’s balcony, where he celebrated the victory 10 days ago. Humiliated. The next day, it was they repeat telecast of the previous match. England hitting 300 runs in 65 overs Final target of 567 runs. Well, the repeat telecast was shown by the Indian team too. India collapsing like a pack of cards 4 wickets left, Laxman along with 3 bowlers. Everyone knew, the game was over. The only question that remained was how badly will India will get defeated. Cricket is a game of unpredictable and unforeseen And what exactly happened - proved this Ajit Agarkar Carrying a batting average on 7.81, known for his ducks. Initial playing defensively, he later realised that he won’t survive this way And so he attacked. Reducing what could have been a 397 runs defeat To just 170 runs Yes, India did lose, and England did win But the victories smile was muted, In front of Ajit Agarkar who was 109 not out. The baller that had scored a century at lords #cricket #revenge #thriller