Kranti Gaud takes five wickets in historic Lord's Test performance

Kranti Gaud achieved her personal goal by inscribing her name on the Lord's honours board. Her exceptional bowling secured a historic 270-run victory for India against England. Gaud claimed seven wickets across both innings, earning her Player of the Match honors. This comprehensive win marked India's first women's Test victory at the iconic venue. The team extended its unbeaten Test record on English soil with this triumph.

Kranti Gaud took six wickets for 45 runs at Lord's on Saturday. This performance gave India a significant first-innings lead over England. India's batters had earlier posted 285 runs in their initial innings. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur scored well for the Indian team. Gaud became the youngest Indian woman fast bowler with a Test five-wicket haul.

Only Test, Day two: India 285 & 154-1; England 170 Gaud takes 5-37 to write name on Lord’s honours board India are in firm control of their one-off Test after bowling England out for 170 and reaching 154 for one at the close, building a substantial lead of 269. The 22-year-old seamer Kranti Gaud showed true mastery of red-ball bowling to finish with five for 37: her teasing line and length, combined with wobble seam, had England reeling at 47 for four. This is Gaud’s second Test, after making her debut at the Waca against Australia in March, and she enters the record books as the first woman to have her name carved on the Test honours board at Lord’s. Continue reading...

India seamer Kranti Gaud takes five wickets in England's first innings to become the first woman to go on the Lord's Test honours board.