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

[@nicks1008]

I always feel that Agarkar never got the credit that he deserves. He always remained unnoticed and underrated.

[@good_life8888]

His performance was not consistent, Due to him we lost many matches

[@cucventures7306]

@@good_life8888 still got a better odi stats than zhaheer!

[@asylum9868]

​@@good_life8888 due to sachin also we loat many matches

[@Princepreethish]

Gave too many wides in a game and that was the reason for his disappearance

[@lakhdeepsingh1983]

Agarkar didn't place a value on his wicket. I wonder if he had anyone kicking his ass into performing better.

[@NEXUSNEST]

Everything is temporary; but Shastri and wine being together is permanent. 😂😂😂

[@manzurelahi4873]

Champagne is haram

[@ShivamJha00]

@@manzurelahi4873 nobody cares

[@meboy5495]

@@manzurelahi4873 haram is on my l**d

[@ramdharisinghdinkar1069]

​@@manzurelahi4873 consumating marriage of a 52 year man with 9 year old girl is Haram

[@AbhishekMishra-hh5kq]

​@@ramdharisinghdinkar1069 having a few thousand wives is ok?

[@abhishekshrivastava7864]

Literally had goosebumps after hearing Agarakar's name. It brought back the highlights of his innings which was awesome to watch

[@shatrudhanverma462]

Those tours, bilaterals, tri series were just ❤ Now even World Cup matches doesn't give that kick

[@Abhilash_Jena]

True

[@hritikghatge]

Stuck in nostalgia

[@elamcyril]

Nothing but nostalgia ride, back then we used to win much less despite having some of the greatest ever players in Indian cricket history, so even those bilateral & tri series win felt overly special than it actually was.

[@kunal25roy]

Absolutely.... Dont know why they stopped triseries

[@daanishsumbre7171]

Before there was Lord Shardul Thakur, There was one Lord Ajit Agarkar

[@RaveSharrma]

Kaun?

[@AnokhoLifafo]

Pehle to shardul ko lund bolo lord nahi usne kuchh nahi ukhada IPL me dekhle abhi hug raha hai , team India me bhi nahi hai abb 😂

[@asylum9868]

shardul is shit

[@Banzybanz]

@@AnokhoLifafo IPL apni gand me dalo. Gabba me match jitaya hai, Australia me series jitaya hai. 10 IPL aur 40 T20 world cup se jyada ukhada hai bhai ne. Abse cricket me kuch bhi nahi kiya to bhi bohot kuch kiya hai usne. Teri umar bohot kam hogi chutye is liye Australia me series win ki value nahi samajh rahi tereko. 2017 tak to humko lagta tha ki kabhi jindagi me aisa dekhne milega kya. Azhar, Sachin, Kumble, Dravid ke career nikal gaye series nahi jeete Australia. Lord Shardul (Gill, Pant, Washington, Siraj ke saath) aaya aur harta hua match aur series jita diya. To madarchod ke bacche, Shardul ne kya ukhada kabhi puch mat.

[@mhawk1292]

Let's make it viral #LordAjitAgarkar 😂😂 ❤

[@vibrantvittlesvlogs]

I remember this test series so vividly...after losing the lords test the fortunes turned for team india.. sehwag opened for the first time and the world got to see how test opening was gonna be in the future.. but i remember this test series specially for the headingly test..one of the rare occasions when the big 3 fired in unison on a pitch where the indian batting was supposed to fold.. dravid 148, sachin 193 and dada 128...who can forget sachin and dada's brutal onslaught in absolute darkness!! It rained sixes in the dark!! I think dravid got 3 back to back 100s if i remember correctly (and got another one back home in india to make it 4 on the trot).. as usual another solid video and a solid story!! Big fan!!

[@soubhikmishra]

Dude you just spoiled the next video... Brilliant....

[@vibrantvittlesvlogs]

@@soubhikmishra oh cmon!! Everybody who is a cricket nut and follows this channel's content already knows what he's talkin about!! Its sehwag's promotion to opener!! Maybe the younger audience wont know in which case i am sorry cricket raaz 😶😶

[@soubhikmishra]

@@vibrantvittlesvlogs 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gouranganath5893]

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[@gouranganath5893]

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[@YDMCA]

Watching the old Indian cricket batting line up play was like witnessing poetry in motion.

[@swapnilvirus]

Agarkar was fairly useful batsman and had won few ODI matches with his batting alone before this test match. Unfortunately, he could not have the same impact as he had on ODIs but had played memorable knocks as a batsman in domestic circuit at crunch stages. He and Zaheer really brought India's pace bowling bowling attack back on the track.

[@AZ-pg8vd]

Ganguly is one of the greatest cricket captain. ❤Though there were Fab-4 Fab-5, the team was not just only dependent on them. Every player in the team would emerge as a hero in one or the other match. India was no longer just dependent on couple of players in every match.

[@prakashpal1069]

You made yourself felt at that "Incrrredibly..." 7:21 😊

[@yentasnivla]

I love the narrator's style. the pace of the narration was good also. good prose. Also Ajit Agarkar was one of my favourite Indian bowlers of that time. He never gave up.

[@abhishekmishra6857]

Genuinely being AA fan this video was the only thing that i wanted such a golden day for him and yet such an underrated player sometimes I feel he deserved more respect back than

[@ratnakararumugam2582]

What many people do not know is, how strong Agarkar is - mentally. He was facing a lot of personal life hardships, lot of gossips, personal loss during 2000-2002. It was after this match, he left all the demons back and kept moving forward.

[@darshanpandit]

Love your channel. Cricket is so much more than just hitting shots. Love your work in bringing out the stories behind the game. We need more of such work!

[@vaibhavprakash4487]

Simply unbelievable, Sourav Ganguly did made a historic decision of promoting Sehwag to open. I have watched the next video of your this series and yes, I also believe that back then for India it was always nearly impossible to win a test series in England & Australia in particular. But not only did Ganguly's decision shaped Sehwag's career but India successfully drew that test series with a 1-1 margin.

[@B.Atharva]

this man ganguly deserves a biopic to be streamed in theatres

[@DaddyjeeFF]

Finally the most awaited video is here😍😍😍

[@KarthikSankaran]

Ajit Agarkar was a delight to watch at the batting order. Very unpredictable! I still recall my dad & I celebrating and laughing everytime Ajit hit a boundry or a six. He made that lower order feel alive & entertaining 😅

[@adarshbhardwaj9370]

Remember this series with faintest of memory and thst being India in an inning already had been scored 500+ and still going about 10runs every over with Dada leading the charge...Those were the glory days of Indian batting...

[@pritambajare5033]

Bhai,thanks for bringing cricket matches to reality It just looks like a normal match But this things are not seen a lot of times This make cricket match so much more real

[@juraid4156]

3:52 to 4:12 true words by Nasir Hussain

[@tusharbhangdia]

100%

[@abdulazeez418]

I thought I'll be dead before watching this episode

[@singularsink]

Honestly I don't remember much of that series, I think for most of us NatWest final gave the true satisfaction. But yes, Dada's another decision with Viru-opening changed again the course of Indian Cricket. Such was his foresight. I have not seen many captains whose each critical decisions changed the trajectory of his team. A true legend, miss him very much.

[@suyashbajpai3023]

Waited so long for the 3rd part. Thank you.

[@avishekdattaray2065]

an almost same scenario occurred when Shami & Bumrah batted in the last series on the same ground.

[@Banzybanz]

They led us to a win from a losing position.

[@SujithManjunathNaik]

I love the way you narrate the stories. Love every episode. Keep it coming! 😊

[@cranknicholson1418]

Ur nrrtion nd the speech r just too good.. U got to be next to harsha bhogle in story telling.. Love ur work.

[@raghavanrajesh250]

Leeds test was India's best over seas victory till the last ind vs aus Gabba test

[@vibrantvittlesvlogs]

Oh yes sir!! Headingley, leeds 2002 was something else... i'll never forget that test ever...

[@renodestress8942]

Narration incredible, remember the last day when I got out of college to leave for home just done with an internal test. Saw that Agarkar suddenly became a legend scoring century at Lord's 😂😂😂 though defeat was inevitable suddenly I felt that sometimes our bowlers are just actors who act like they can't bat, but willing they can torment or put to shame even top order batters.. for a guy who scored a fastest 50 but at times got 7 ducks.. But that was one heck of Era of super cricketers. On a given they were lions, and another day opposition were lions

[@suryan04]

“It was so wierd” - Sorry Mr. Narrator. It wasn’t wierd. Gem of an innings from Ajit Agarkar.

[@jacksonmj7883]

At that time,though we didn't have as many alrounders as we have today, it was that time which is called the GOLDEN ERA of Indian cricket and the Fab Five gave us this new generation of cricket fever which went on to get the world cups. In fact it was those youngsters who were groomed under the captaincy of Dada n gentlemen cricketers like Sachin sir n Dravid Kumble n Laxman who made up bulk of the team under Dhoni ryt. So they were the demi gods of cricket without which BCCI wouldn't have got all the money, name n fame it had got. 🙏

[@Banzybanz]

The most effective way to affect a team's morale is to make them stay on the field for a few sessions more than necessary. England would have loved to have wrapped this up on Day 4 and have a rest day, but instead they were out there until after lunch on Day 5, for a result that always belonged to them. Long partnerships have changed courses of entire series. Like Laxman-Dravid at Eden Gardens, Pietersen-Cook in Mumbai, du Plessis-de Villiers at Adelaide or Cook-Trott at the Gabba. The bowling teams were in dominant positions before the partnership, but those partnerships tired them mentally and physically and it affected them in the other matches of the series too.

[@aveshbadal3070]

I love your videos sir. From poetic narration to simple editing to the detailed research, I have see all your videos. One request please make one on the ashes 2005 and Australia's decade.

[@knight-radiant1]

Nasser said how distraught the English cricket team was after this game. I wonder, how distraught would teams be nowadays after losing a cricket game, especially in T20 or ODI. In T20, there's too many of them going on to care if you lose. In ODI, there's too few of them to care if you lose

[@yuktanaik3010]

I thought my grandchildren would have to wait till puberty before this video comes out. P.s. I'm 20

[@cricketraazenglish]

Iss कमबख्त job ne maar hi daala hai and video pe research material itna hai ki kya hi kare brother☺️

[@yuktanaik3010]

@@cricketraazenglish just pulling your leg bro. You doing great work... Keep going...I'm pretty sure I'm witnessing the successor of harsha bhogle in you.God bless.

[@infomayet7555]

Hey Man! Absolutely love your well researched videos with clear, eloquent wordings. Still waiting on the part 2 of the Ramiz Video as it gave a really different perspective, one that I hadn't thought of before despite being in touch regularly with cricket news. Greatly anticipating part 2

[@suryac850]

Agarkar was a batsmen till u 16. Only after that he became a bowler

[@georgetaliat1]

Agarkar!! Biggest AA fan

[@sanathan1]

Your videos, narrative and presentation is 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 keep it up 👍🏻 god bless you 🙏🏻

[@thesmashingsizzler]

Please teach me the way of your storytelling. Incredible stuff. This guy can make even a boring match interesting to hear. Keep it up! And Agarkar was super underrated as a Batsman, but he showed what he could do that day, in "LORD'S!" Can't wait for Part 4 of this series.

[@duckworth_lewis]

Thx for these insights man. May god bless you

[@kinshukhazra315]

sir your content is amazing. hope you make a video on india's 2003 wc journey. and 1996 wc semi final. 👍

[@dr.sudhansusekhardas5793]

Still remember this series for Rahul Dravid's 148* at Headingley, carrying his bat through the team total of 300-odd

[@cricketraazenglish]

It's coming...😃

[@kaushikgoswami5845]

Sanjay Bangar being deployed as opener in the next match and seeing out the first 2 hours.

[@vibrantvittlesvlogs]

Oh no no no no no.... rahul dravid did score the magnificient 148 but he did not carry his bat... he was dismissed after which sachin made 193 and ganguly made 128... and india scored a ton of runs declaring their innings at 628/8.. india won that test by an innings and 46 runs!! How can u forget the assault sachin and dada launched on the english bowlers in absolute darkness at the end of day 2!! Its etched in my memory forever... also sanjay bangar scored an incredible 68 which together with dravid negated any advantage that eng had hoped for on a quick and seaming wicket in helpful conditions...day 1 was all about patience, resolve and technique with bangar and dravid ... day 2 was when eng got the living daylights kicked out of them by sachin and ganguly... it still remains one of the most incredible test matches that i have witnessed..

[@vibrantvittlesvlogs]

@@kaushikgoswami5845 he didnt just see off 2 hours... dravid and bangar saw off most of the day 1 with their 170 run partnership.. bangar finished with 68 with almost 250 balls faced!!

[@dr.sudhansusekhardas5793]

@@vibrantvittlesvlogs yes sorry, I only meant to convey the importance of this innings, as everyone was expecting India to bat second fearing the pitch. But Ganguly took a brave decision and Dravid validated it with grit and opened the doors for Sachin and others to make merry. Dravid did score 140 odd and carried his bat through the innings but it was in 4th test of 2011 India tour of England ❤️

[@pranjalig9509]

would love videos on women's cricket too!!

[@songshub6481]

Well narrated and waiting for your next video...

[@telanganacommoncitizen]

Brilliant narration as always. Waiting with bated breath for your notification to pop up on my screen. Good luck.

[@niravchittaliya6312]

You are a Good Storyteller! Man! ❤❤

[@cricketraazenglish]

That's brother🙏

[@Banzybanz]

Recently found this channel. Love your stories and style of storytelling. Please cover some interesting stories from the Ranji Trophy.

[@nisargparmar9022]

Those days ,where real cricket was played and we witnessed that time. Now everybody poops.

[@TheChimy99]

This narrator should be ICC's official story teller

[@mayankagar2006]

I don't know why you are so underrated. Love ur content.

[@robertburns7348]

Very nice explanation. Eagerly waiting for the next video.

[@TheChimy99]

8:45 & 9:26 golden footage of McGrath bowling for England 9:30 Gillespie too!

[@monitor-mindtheover-void6712]

Can't wait for the next video!

[@leakedzebra]

Fabulous channel

[@jibran_r7]

Thank you for this video

[@shashwatdwivedi227]

Excellent narration bro👍

[@mhlaskar1991]

Please post the link to the next video

[@dip_08]

Amazing like always

[@avradeephazra7660]

These videos are very interesting, so it'd be better if the time for uploading videos are reduced.

[@srijanchatterjee2326]

sir i request you to please make a video on indian captain rohit sharma . how he reedemed himself after 2022 wt20 pleasee

[@anuragrai3466]

Dude ur narration 🔥🔥

[@Pureleaflemontea]

Nasser stating that they had the 'Fab 5 out" with Dinesh Mongia in the lineup is criminal 😂

[@muralikrishna2603]

Please use the clips of the same match which u are narrating about...that would make more sense to your narration...👍🤝

[@sumeetghosh2402]

Superb.......

[@akshat7055]

I am 1000% sure that atleast retiered cricketers would have watched your videos

[@sharifworld123]

Such resistances ultimately ending defeat are many. What abt moeen ali inng vs SL in 2014?

[@I_Mayur_I]

Finally Its here.

[@avinabsaha]

Waiting for next episode!

[@mihirshetye4624]

That Giles stumping was the only time SRT was dismissed that way in his career.

[@visharadtiwari4566]

Please one video on VVS Laxman

[@prishavora294]

8:20 Sachin was actually caught out on a ball bowled by Craig White

[@ziadmehmud1050]

Create a video on gambhir and kohli clash!

[@sabeehmakhdoom6015]

Make a video on Ind Vs Eng t20 22 Semifinal 😂😂😂😂

[@gauravwaghmare3883]

Bhai, jaldi jaldi video dalte jao.

[@MrFeast-yj4zx]

The only 6 hit in the 4th innings was by Ashish Nehra

[@rajanireddy5271]

Kaif's family went out for movie after sachin got out and didnt watch his match winning innings live in NatWest trophy final.

[@katsukibakugo5153]

It was amazing 🎉

[@kunal25roy]

Natwest final..... Seems like yesterday..

[@pranaydebnath5110]

Bhaisaab vdo jaldi lana Yeh cricket raaz english nehi HOTD ho rakha hain 2saal mein 1vdo aata hain

[@anaranyosarkar2695]

Parthiv Patel on the way??? :D

[@786Phoenix]

Next vdo in 2024😂

[@yuktanaik3010]

Video Modi ke saath aayega matlab!!!

[@riteshjha6574]

Bottle kholne k lie shastri was so excited that he jumped directly to the dressing room from CB

[@devil-gp1re]

Make video on Kohli vs Gautam Gambhir during the ipl

[@mr_incognito6912]

Brother, I have watched most of your videos in this 6 months , which are made in the past 3 years. The only thing I want to tell you is simple . There is something is missing in your videos which is present in those old videos. Weather it's story telling or the edits / etc..., I can't articulate.but something is changed . And one thing is for sure those videos are not boring than the present one's. Hope you consider my words ❕

[@khemchandBirda]

Bhai apne bare me bhi kuch batao ❤😅

[@priyanavneet]

128 balls for 50 runs is very normal in test cricket, and Naseer's final score was 155 off 355 balls , which is again, not counted as onslaught !!!

[@ayyagariadityasharma9247]

Even Agarkar has a international test century! If you know, you know😜😜

[@mrdaman99]

??

[@mukuldubey5588]

Your voice is good

[@adityaavinash6766]

And please do make a video on virat kohli comeback story

[@abhishekupadhyay8594]

next part, please🥺

[@gauthamg627]

Glen McGrath bowling at 10:56😂😂

[@cricketraazenglish]

Can't use any orginal footage brother... Need to depend on other options😭.... So the batsman are the same..... The rest is jugadd

[@saifuddinahmedmohammad7049]

​@Cricket Raaz English pure desi at heart. Watched and liked all your videos, just thanks for making these videos. I don't know that You will see this comment or not I will be happy if u reply to this comment. One suggestion though upload daily one short. (Wish to see how u look like, so brain can imagin that who is speaking.) Once again big thanks

[@AmlanjyotiSaikia]

TIL, Naseer Hussain was born in Chennai

[@mrdaman99]

Naseer Hussain mentioned 'fab 5' which included dinesh mongia 🤨🤨🤨. Only Ganguly knew what was special in him.

[@adityaavinash6766]

You can make a video on how Sri Lanka being underdogs won the asia cup because they lost the first match with Afghanistan extremely

[@animzex1257]

sachin got stumped because sehwag challenged him to step out he did it and got out

[@bella-rolland]

2:01 & these days, Ind players don't care or lose a night's sleep even after losing Test Championship back to back

[@bhaskarjyaachatterjee]

kids nowadays only koli koli

[@shaileshkullal11]

The reel is so bad that no one could understand which day is going on at which scene. 🤕

[@helicopter9423]

🔥💛