Who is Kranti Gaur… who created history by taking 5 wickets, became the first woman to make a place on the Honors Board of Lord’s

New Delhi. The historic Lord’s Ground, known as the Mecca of Cricket, has seen many golden chapters in its centuries-old history. But on the very first day of the only Test match being played between the women’s teams of England and India, a miracle happened, which changed the history of women’s cricket forever. India’s young and extremely talented fast bowler Kranti Gaur has done a feat on the soil of England, which no female bowler in the world could do till date. Kranti has become the first bowler in the world to take 5 wickets in an innings in the history of women’s Test cricket at Lord’s.

On the basis of this killer and disciplined bowling of Kranti Gaud, the Indian women’s team reduced England’s strong batting order to just 170 runs in the first innings. This historic spell of revolution not only created panic in the English camp, but also put Team India in a very strong position in this match.

The revolution wreaked havoc from the beginning
When the Indian captain won the toss and decided to bowl first on the green grass pitch of Lord’s, all eyes were on the fast bowling attack. Kranti Gaur did not waste any time in proving this confidence of the captain right. From the very beginning of the match, he started tying the England openers with precise line and length. Kranti gave the first big blow of the match to England when she dismissed the dangerous looking opener Tammy Beaumont LBW on a personal score of just 2 runs and showed her the way to the pavilion. Beaumont could play only 7 balls and became the victim of Kranti’s in-swinger.

After this, Maia Bushier (23 runs, 52 balls), who was at the crease, was becoming a headache for the Indian bowlers. He established himself on the pitch by hitting 3 fours, but Kranti gave a second and very severe blow to England by getting him caught out by wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia.

Destroyed the middle order, made the captain a victim
After the initial setbacks, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt tried her best to control the innings. He played a fighting inning of 44 runs in 85 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 brilliant six. When Sciver-Brunt was playing the Indian spinners and fast bowlers with ease, the captain once again handed the ball to Kranti Gaur. Kranti did not disappoint her captain and broke the backbone of England by LBWing Nat Sciver-Brunt on an excellent length delivery. Immediately after this, Kranti clean bowled Ellis Capsey for just 9 runs and pushed the host team completely on the back foot. At one time, England’s score was very critical at 4 wickets, after which wicketkeeper batsman Amy Jones (52) tried to control the innings by scoring a half-century, but the fear of revolution from the other end remained intact.

Name registered in golden letters on Lord’s Honors Board
When England’s innings was at its last end, Kranti Gaur completed the fifth wicket of her innings by getting Lauren Bell caught out by Shefali Verma. Lauren Bell could score only 3 runs. As soon as Shefali took the catch, the entire Lord’s ground became witness to this historic moment. Kranti created history by taking the first five-wicket haul in women’s test cricket history at Lord’s. Now Kranti Gaur’s name will be written in golden letters on the historic Honors Board of Lord’s.

If we look at the magical figures of this historic spell of Kranti Gaur, he bowled very tightly in the first innings of England. Kranti bowled a total of 17 overs, out of which 7 overs were maidens. He did not give any opportunity to the English batsmen to play freely and took 5 valuable wickets by spending only 37 runs. During this period, his economy rate was only 2.20, which is considered very good for any fast bowler in Test cricket.