The second match of the five -match Test series between India and England is being played at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. In this match, the Indian team has moved towards victory. On the fourth day (July 5) stump in the match, England chased the target and scored 72 runs losing three wickets in their second innings. England’s team is still 536 runs away from the victory. That is, it is very difficult to win his victory. On the other hand, the Indian team needs only 7 wickets to register a historic victory.
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Anyway, batting in the fourth innings of the match is not easy for any team. The record for the largest chase in Test cricket is the name of the West Indies, who achieved the target of 418 runs against Australia in May 2003 by losing seven wickets. That is, England will have to set a new world record in Chase to win the match, which is probably not possible in the current situation.
England’s team has lost the wickets of batsmen like Jack Carouly, Ben Docket and Joe Root in Chase, which has largely tilted the match in India’s favor. Now all the expectations of the hosts are on batsmen like captain Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith, Oli Pope and Harry Brook. If the English team draws the match, it will be a big achievement. However, for this, the batsmen of the hosts will have to deal with the havoc of Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep.
Drought of 58 years will end, England will break up
The Indian team has not yet won the Test on the grounds of Edgbaston. This drought has been going on for 58 years. Out of the last 8 Test matches played against England on this ground, it had to face defeat in 7. While a match was left on a draw. Now if the Indian team wins today, then it will create history.
Shubman Brigade wins Edgbaston’s ground today, so this will be a very special moment for India in Test cricket. This victory will not be less than a victory in January 2021 against Australia at the Gaba ground in Brisbane. Then under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, the Indian team defeated the Kangaroos by 3 wickets. After that victory, the whole world saluted the spirit of the Indian team. Since 32 years later, Australia had to face defeat in Test cricket in Gaba, in such a situation it was also made to do so.
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In the Gaba Test, young players Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill and Shardul Thakur played an important role in bringing India to the destination of victory by performing brilliantly. Now in the year 2025, under the captaincy of Shubhan Gill, the new army of young players is once again on the verge of repeating the same feat. Shubman achieved a historic achievement by scoring a century in both innings of India in Edgbaston Test match. While the pair of Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep are wreaking havoc with the ball.
Let us know that the Indian team’s first innings in Edgbaston Test match was reduced to 587 runs. After this, England scored 407 runs in their first innings. That is, on the basis of the first innings, India has got a big lead of 180 runs. Then the Indian team declared their second innings on the score of 427 runs for 6 wickets. Captain Shubman Gill has played an important role in taking the Indian team towards victory by scoring 269 runs in the first innings and 161 runs in the second innings.
Indian team achieved this achievement
In the Edgbaston Test match, Team India scored 1014 runs, including both innings. This was the first time in Test cricket, when the Indian team crossed the 1000 runs, including both innings. The Indian team gave a bigger target only once in the fourth innings in Test cricket. In 2009, he set a target of 616 runs in front of New Zealand in Wellington. At the same time, England got a bigger target on his domestic land only once. In the Oval Test match in the year 1934, Australia gave England a target of 707 runs.
More than 1000 runs for a team in Test match
1121- England vs West Indies, Kingston, 1930
1078- Pakistan vs India, Faisalabad, 2006
1028- Australia vs England, The Oval, 1934
1014- India vs England, Edgbaston, 2025
1013- Australia vs West Indies, Sydney, 1969
1011- South Africa vs England, Durban, 1939
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