IND vs ENG Second Test From Today. India Has Never Won In Birmingham
- By Thetripurapost Sports Desk, Birmingham
- Jul 02, 2025
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The second test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham from July 2. The Indian team's record on this 143-year-old historic ground is very poor. The team has not yet won a single Test match here.
Currently, the Indian team led by Shubman Gill is trailing 0-1 in the 5-match series. The team suffered a 5-wicket defeat in the first Test. Team India will have to win the second Test to level the series. 11 out of the 18 Indian players in the current squad do not even have experience of playing on this ground.
Team India captain Shubman Gill said in the press conference before the match that the decision on including Jasprit Bumrah in the playing-11 will be taken during the toss.
India did not win the test against England at Edgbaston The Indian team has been playing test matches at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham for the last 58 years. The team played its first match here against England in 1967. Since then, the Indian team has played 8 Tests on this ground, but has not won any of them. The Indian team played a draw match here 39 years ago in 1986, the team lost the remaining 7 matches.
The Indian team started its journey in England in 1932. Since then, 137 test matches have been played between the two teams. England won 52 of these tests, while Team India won 35 matches. At the same time, 50 test matches were also drawn. India played 68 tests in England and won only 9 matches, the team has also drawn 22 tests here. However, England won 37 matches.
Rishabh Pant has scored the most runs for India in the last one year. He has scored 929 runs in 11 matches at an average of 46.45. Not only this, Pant scored centuries in both innings of the last match. Apart from him, Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 875 runs at an average of 41.66 for India after June 1, 2024. Jaiswal played a century in the last match. Apart from these two, the eyes of the fans will be on KL Rahul and captain Shubman Gill. Both of them also scored centuries in the last match.
Jasprit Bumrah can lead India's pace attack, although it has not been decided whether he will play or not. Bumrah has taken 51 wickets in 10 Tests in the last one year. During this time his economy has been only 2.84. Apart from Bumrah, the team has the names of Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep, Prasidh Krishna and Arshdeep Singh. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja can prove to be important among the spinners.
England's experienced batsman Joe Root has scored the most runs for the team in the last one year. He has scored 1351 runs in 14 matches. These include 5 centuries and 5 half-centuries. Root scored 28 in the first innings of the Leeds Test and an unbeaten 53 in the second innings. Apart from Root, all eyes will be on batsmen like Ollie Pope, Ben Duckett, Jack Crowley and Harry Brook, who scored centuries in the last match.
If we look at the last one year, James Atkinson has taken the most wickets for the English team. However, he was not included in the playing XI of the Test. Spinner Shoaib Bashir's name comes after him. Bashir has taken 44 wickets in 14 matches.
Generally, the pitch of Edgbaston Stadium will support the batsmen, but here the team winning the toss will prefer to bowl first. 60 Test matches have been played on this ground built in 1882. Out of these, 19 matches were won by the team batting first, while 23 matches were won by the teams bowling first. The average score in the first innings on this ground is 302 runs, while the average score in the second innings is 315 runs.
This is the same ground where England chased a score of 378 runs against India in 2022. This is England's biggest run chase in Tests. England's team has also chased 371 runs against India in the last match. That's why teams would like to chase in the fourth innings.
This match to be played in Birmingham may be affected by rain. There is an 80% chance of rain on the first day of the match. The weather will be clear on the second and third day. There is a 66% chance of rain on the fourth and 60% on the fifth day.
There is no change in England's playing-11
Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue and Shoaib Bashir.
India's possible playing-11:
Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.