Southhampton test has ended now and the result of the match again went negative for India. England won this test match by 60 runs. With the help of this victory, they have won the series. Total four test matches have been played. Three test matches have won by England. Only one match won by India. Thus, England has won this series by 3-1. One match still remains to play but that match is not so important as the series winner has already declared.
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Analysis of England innings-
England won the toss and elected to bat first. Opening batsman of England team again failed. Both of the openers went pavilion without contributing much for their team. Start of England was bad. With the help of Sam Curren and Moeen Ali, England reached in the strong position. Sam Curren scored 78 runs. Moeen Ali scored 40 runs for the team. With the help, these two batsmen, England scored 241 runs in the first inning. Jasprit Bumrah was top wicket-taker in the first inning. He notched up three wickets for India.
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In the second inning, England team scored 271 runs. Jennings scored 36 runs as an opener batsman. Joe root scored 48 runs in the second inning. Jos Buttler scored highest for the team in second innings. He scored 69 runs. Sam Curren again gave his precious contribution to his team. Curren scored 46 runs. With the help of these, England scored a good score against India. They scored total 271 runs in second innings. Mohammad Shami was highest wicket-taker for the Indian team in the second inning. Shami notched up 4 wickets in the second inning.
Analysis of India innings-
The first inning was good for the Indian team. Indian team scored 273 runs in the first inning. Thus, Indian team got lead of 27 runs from the first inning. In the first inning, Cheteswer Pujara scored the magnificent century. Pujara was not out in the first inning. Pujara scored 132 runs for the Indian team. Skipper Virat Kohli scored 40 runs for India. Moeen Ali took 5 wickets for England. Really awesome bowling did by Moeen Ali.
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The second inning brings sadness for the Indian team. The second inning became the game changer. Indian batsman again fails to do good. Skipper Virat Kohli scored 58 runs in the second inning. Ajinkya has also scored the half-century. He contributed 51 runs for India. Rest of the batsman could not do well and the whole team all out at the score of 184 runs. They lost this match by 60 runs. Moeen Ali again became dangerous in the second inning for the Indian team. He notched up 4 wickets in the second inning.
Now, Indian team should focus on Asia cup.
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