IND vs ENG: India record biggest Test win by runs, beat England by 434 runs in Rajkot
India recorded their biggest Test win (by runs), defeating England by a mammoth 434-run margin at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
Having won the toss on the opening day, India elected to bat and posted 445 on the board with hundreds from captain Rohit Sharma (131) and Ravindra Jadeja (112). In reply, England managed 319 with a hundred from Ben Duckett (153) being the lone bright spot.
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The hosts then took complete control over the match with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s second double century in successive games helping India set up a 557-run target. The left-hander had retired hurt overnight after scoring his third Test ton. He returned to bat at the fall of the third wicket and pulverized the English attack to notch up his double hundred. Jaiswal equalled Wasim Akram’s record for the most sixes in an innings (12) as he remained unbeaten on 214 with India declaring on 430 for four.
England crumbled in the chase as Ravindra Jadeja claimed his 13th Test five-wicket haul (5/21). England eventually folded for 122 runs, resulting in their biggest defeat to India.
It’s @imjadeja with the final breakthrough 😎 #TeamIndia win the 3rd Test by 434 runs! 👏👏
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/FM0hVG5X8M#TeamIndia | #INDvENG | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/A4juPRkWX8
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2024
India’s win was their best-ever by margin of runs in Test cricket, beating their previous best of a 372-run win against New Zealand in Mumbai in 2021. Incidentally, India’s biggest Test win by innings also came at the same venue when they trumped West Indies by an innings and 272 runs in 2018.
Meanwhile, the defeat was also the Three Lions’ second-heaviest loss in Tests behind a 562-run defeat to Australia at the Oval in 1934.
India’s biggest Test 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)
