VIDEO: India saved from embarrassment by hitting 4 consecutive sixes, none of Sachin-Virat-Rohit could repeat this feat

The match between India and England that we are talking about was played in 1990 at Lord's. In this match, England declared the innings after scoring 653 runs for 4 wickets. English captain Graham Gooch scored 333 runs due to the 'kindness' of Kiran More. In this match, More dropped an easy catch of Gooch, due to which the whole team had to suffer. The story of Kiran More's catch some other time. For now, let's return to Kapil's bravery.

Shastri-Azhar scored centuries
After England's huge score, India started batting. Captain Azhar (121), opener Ravi Shastri (100) and Dilip Vengsarkar (52) batted well, but it was not enough. Navjot Singh Sidhu was out after scoring 30 runs, Sanjay Manjrekar 18 and Sachin Tendulkar 10 runs. The Indian team had lost 7 wickets for 393 runs and now all hopes were on Kapil Dev. Kapil also played well but wickets kept falling at the other end. As soon as Kiran More and Sanjeev Sharma were out, India's score became 430 runs for 9 wickets.

Kapil-Hirwani pair on the crease
Now the last Indian pair of Kapil Dev and Narendra Hirwani were on the crease and needed 24 runs to avoid follow on. Looking at Hirwani's batting record, Kapil knew very well that he would not get any support from the other end. Whatever had to be done, he had to do it. Then what. Kapil Dev hit 4 consecutive sixes one after the other. He hit all the four sixes in long on.

After hitting the fourth six, Kapil Dev clenched his fist to show that he had done his job. In the very next over, Narendra Hirwani was out without opening his account and India's first innings ended at 454 runs. Due to Kapil Dev's courageous innings, India saved the follow-on but not the match. Kapil Dev returned unbeaten after scoring 77 runs in 75 balls. He hit 4 sixes and 8 fours in this innings.

Gooch also scored a century in the second innings
England batted well again in the second innings and scored 272 runs for 4 wickets in just 54.2 overs. They declared the innings at this score. England had got a lead of 199 runs in the first innings. In this way, India got a target of 472 runs to win. It was not easy to bat on the broken wicket on the last day of the match and the Indian batsmen could not struggle for long. The Indian team was all out after scoring 224 runs in 62 overs and England won the match by 247 runs. England captain Graham Gooch, who scored centuries in both innings (333 and 123), was chosen as the Player of the Match.

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