Will Gill Be Able To Gift India Its First Win At Edgbaston? Second Test From July 2
- By Thetripurapost Sports Desk, London
- Jul 01, 2025
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India is trailing 0-1 in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The team was defeated by England by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test. Now the Indian team led by Shubman Gill will have to win the second Test to make a comeback in the 5-match series. This match will be played at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham from July 2.
In this story, we will know India's record on this 143-year-old historic ground. Along with this, we will also see the list of India's top scorers and top wicket takers. First of all, know about this ground...
The Indian team played its first match at Edgbaston ground 58 years ago in 1967. In this match played from 13 July to 15 July, the Indian team captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi had to face a defeat of 132 runs. Since then, the Indian team has played 8 Test matches on this ground, but has not won any match.
The Indian team played a drawn match here 39 years ago in 1986. In this match which went on from 3rd to 8th July, Mohinder Amarnath (79 runs), Mohammad Azhar (64 runs) and Sunil Gavaskar (54 runs) scored half centuries and drew the match. Kapil Dev was the captain of this match.
top indian players
Kohli is the top scorer, Chetan Sharma has the most wickets. Rishabh Pant is the only player in the current Indian team who is included in the list of top Indian players at Edgbaston ground. Virat Kohli is at the first place in the list of top scorers here. He has scored 231 runs in 4 innings at an average of 57.75. This includes one century and one half-century.
This list of 5 players includes names like Sunil Gavaskar, Rishabh Pant, Sachin Tendulkar and Gundappa Vishwanath. None of the bowlers included in the top 5 wicket takers are part of the Indian team that toured England. Here Chetan Sharma has taken 10 wickets. This list includes the names of EAS Prasanna, R Ashwin, Kapil Dev and Ishant Sharma.
3. Interesting Facts
England did the biggest run chase against India England did their biggest run chase against India on this ground. In this match played 3 years ago in 2022, India had set a huge target of 378 runs. Which England achieved in 3 sessions. The team started playing the second innings after lunch on the fourth day and won before lunch on the fifth day. 2 Points Match Status...
Pant-Jadeja played century innings. In this match which went on from 1st to 5th July, England won the toss and chose to bowl. India scored 416 runs in the first innings on the basis of centuries of Rishabh Pant (146 runs) and Ravindra Jadeja (104 runs). The English team was all out for 284 runs in the first innings. Here India got a lead of 132 runs in the first innings.
Root-Bairstow partnership snatched victory The Indian team scored 245 runs in the second innings and gave England a difficult target of 378 runs. England snatched victory from India with Joe Root (142* runs) and Johnny Bairstow (114* runs) making an unbeaten partnership of 269 runs for the fourth wicket. Jasprit Bumrah was captaining this match.
Match Experience
8 players have experience of playing here, 11 players are new 8 players of the Indian team have experience of playing here. These include captain Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Jaspreet Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur. There are 11 players who have not played a match on this ground.