Here is the timeline of key moments & scorecard of the first test between England Cricket Team and India National Cricket Team cricket team held at Leeds on June 20, 2025.
England beat India by 5 wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the five match series.
England Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team match timeline 1st Test June 2025
Day 1 Timeline (Ind 359/3)
England win the toss and elect to field first.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul start solidly and add 91 before Brydon Carse gets Rahul for a valliant 42.
Debutant Sai Sudharsan falls to Ben Stokes just at stroke of lunch for a duck.
Jaiswal and skipper Shubman Gill score fantastic hundreds.
Rishabh Pant is unbeaten on 65.
India end the opening day in a dominant position at 359/3.
Day 2 Timeline (Ind 471),Eng 209/3 trail by 262 runs.
The overnight pair of Gill and Pant add 71 more runs before Shoaib Bashir breaks the partnership and gets the former for a fantastic 147.
Pant scores a brilliant 134.
Josh Tongue and Ben Stokes run through the middle and lower order as the visitors slump from 447/4 to 471 all out.
Jasprit Bumrah gets Zak Crawley early in the first over.
Ben Duckett scores a valliant 62.
Ollie Pope is unbeaten on 100.
Jasprit Bumrah claims figures of 3/48.
The hosts finish the day at 209/3, still trail by 262 runs.
Day 3 Timeline (Ind 471 & 90/2),Eng 465 lead by 96 runs.
Prasidh Krishna gets centurion Ollie Pope early.
Harry Brook and Ben Stokes are steady and add 50 before Mohammed Siraj gets Stokes for 20.
Brook falls one run short of a century.
Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse make useful contributions.
Jasprit Bumrah claims a well deserved five wicket haul haul.
England are bowled out for 465.
The visitors take a slender lead of 6.
India lose Yashasvi Jaiswal cheaply.
KL Rahul and Sai Sudharsan are steady and add 66 before the latter departs for 30.
Rain intervenes as India end the day at 90/2, with an overall lead of 96.
Day 4 Timeline (Ind 471 & 364),Eng 465 & 21/0 need 350 more runs
India lose skipper Shubman Gill early.
KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant steady the ship and add 195 before the latter departs for a fantastic 118.
Rahul scores a brilliant 137.
The visitors lower order fail again and lose last 6 wickets for 31 runs.
India are bowled out for 364, with an overall lead of 370.
In response, England reach 21/0 at the end of day’s play, still needing a further 350 runs.
Day 5 Timeline (Ind 471 & 364),Eng 465 & 373/5 England win by 5 wickets.
Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley add 188 for the opening stand before Prasidh Krishna gets Crawley and Ollie Pope quickly.
Duckett scores a brilliant 149.
Joe Root remains unbeaten on 53.
Contributions from Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith takes the hosts past the finishing line.
England win by 5 wickets.
Player of the match- Ben Duckett
