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The second Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham from 2 July. The Indian team’s record on this historic ground, 143 years old, is extremely bad. The team has not won a single win in Tests here.
At present, the Indian team, captained 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 equalize the series. 11 out of 18 Indian players included in the current squad do not even have experience of playing on this ground.
Team India captain Shubman Gill said in a press conference ahead of the match that Jaspreet will take a decision on the inclusion of Bumrah in the playing-11 during the toss.
Match details, Second Test IND Vs ENG date- 2-6 July 2025 Stadium- Edgebeston, Birmingham Time: Toss- 3:00 PM, Match Start- 3:30 PM
India did not win Test from England in Edgbaston The Indian team has been playing a Test match for the last 58 years at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. The team played the first match with England here in 1967. Since then, the Indian team has played 8 Tests on this ground, but no one won. The Indian team played a draw match here 39 years ago in 1986, the team lost in 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 Tests among them, while Team India won 35 matches. At the same time, there were also 50 Test draws. India played 68 Tests in England and won only 9 matches, the team has also drawn 22 Tests here. However, England won in 37 matches.
Pant scored the most runs in the last one year In the last one year, Rishabh Pant has scored the most runs for India. He has scored 929 runs in 11 matches at 46.45 average. Not only this, Pant scored centuries in both innings of the previous match. Apart from him, Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 875 runs for India at an average of 41.66 after June 1, 2024. Jaiswal played a century in the last match. Apart from these two, the fans will be eyeing KL Rahul and captain Shubman Gill. Both of them also scored centuries in the last match.
Jasprit Bumrah may lead India’s pace attack, although he has not decided not to play. 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 have Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep, famous Krishna and Arshdeep Singh. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja can prove to be important in spinners.
Root put fifty in last match England veteran 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 runs in the first innings of the Leeds Test and 53 not out in the second innings. Apart from the root, batters such as Oli Pope, Ben Docket, Jack Croly and Harry Brook, who scored centuries in the previous match, will also be monitored.
If seen in the last one year, James Atkinson has taken the most wickets for the English team. However, he was not included in the Test playing-XI. Spinner Shoaib Bashir’s name comes after him. Bashir has taken 44 wickets in 14 matches.
Pitch Report: Teams will prefer bowling by winning the toss Usually the Pitch will support the Pitch batter of Edgbaston Stadium, but the toss winning team will prefer to bowl first. 60 Test matches have been played so far on this ground built in 1882. Among these, the team that won 19 matches first won, while 23 matches were the names of the first bowling teams. The average score in the first innings on the field is 302 runs, while on an average 315 runs in the second innings.
This is the same ground where England chased 378 runs against India in 2022. This is England’s biggest run chase in Tests. The England team has also chased 371 runs against India in the last match. So the teams would like to chase in fourth inning.
Weather Report: 3 of 5 days rain is expected This match played in Birmingham may be a rain. More than 80% rainfall is expected on the first and second day of the match. The weather of the third day will be open, then it may rain on the fourth and 5th day.
Not a change in England’s playing-11
Ben Stokes (Captain), Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung and Shoaib Bashir.
India’s Posible Playing-11: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.