{"id":54004,"date":"2024-01-29T23:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/stokes-hails-greatest-triumph-as-england-claw-back-against-mighty-india\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:33:06","slug":"stokes-hails-greatest-triumph-as-england-claw-back-against-mighty-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/stokes-hails-greatest-triumph-as-england-claw-back-against-mighty-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Stokes hails &#8220;Greatest Triumph&#8221; as England claw back against mighty India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>England won the epic thriller in Hyderabad by 28 runs.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Stokes said it was the \u201cgreatest triumph\u201d since becoming captain.<\/li>\n<li>England recovered from a dismal start to chase 231.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Stokes declared the first Test match between England and India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad to be his best since taking over as captain, and he was in awe of the team\u2019s 28-run victory.<\/p>\n<p>Following a dismal first two days of play, England produced a breathtaking recovery later in the match when they not only made life difficult for the Indians at the bat but also bowled them out for only 202 runs in the last innings while chasing a 231-run mark.<\/p>\n<p>With the ball, debutant Tom Hartley caused havoc, finishing with seven wickets at 62 runs to lead England to a valiant victory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How good? \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>A 7fer to win a Test for England on your debut \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvENG<\/a> \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomhartley100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tomhartley100<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZ0yKNohQC\">pic.twitter.com\/wZ0yKNohQC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandcricket\/status\/1751600952216306063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a captain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/11\/steve-harmison-says-show-some-leadership-and-send-ben-stokes-home\/\">Stokes<\/a> has never lost a Test series, and he said that the victory in Hyderabad was his best one among many wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of fantastic moments as a team, great wins,\u201d Stokes said. \u201cBut given where we are, and who we are playing, I think it\u2019s our greatest triumph since I have been captain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India have shown themselves to be a formidable opponent in red-ball cricket. This was the first time India lost a Test match at home after having a 100+ runs lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the series started, we knew how much of a beast India are at home,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/10\/icc-world-cup-2023-ben-stokes-likely-to-miss-second-match-against-bangladesh\/\">Stokes<\/a> said. \u201cBut the way we reacted to being so far behind, it was proof of everything we have said and lived and breathed over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019ve got four Tests left. It\u2019s about repeating this performance now. We know that India are going to come back stronger at us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are an incredibly tough team but if we can keep resisting them, it\u2019s a good sign for us. We are very proud to be 1-0 up but there is a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BazBall was in full swing in Hyderabad as England became the first team to score 400+ runs in the third innings against India. The last team to do this was also England when they scored 406 in Ahmedabad in 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Ben Stokes out as bowler after surgery, focuses on batting for now<\/h5>\n<p>Ben Stokes is unlikely to bowl in the India series due to&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/ben-stokes-out-as-bowler-after-surgery-focuses-on-batting-for-now\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England won the epic thriller in Hyderabad by 28 runs. Ben Stokes said it was the \u201cgreatest triumph\u201d since becoming captain. England recovered from a dismal start to chase 231. Ben Stokes declared the first Test match between England and India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad to be his best since taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-29T103237.860.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}