The indian team won the second Test match against the english team by a huge margin of 336 runs. The indian team, which has never won a single Test match at the Edgbaston stadium in england, has won at that stadium for the first time and achieved a great historical achievement.
The main reasons for the indian team's victory in this match were Shubman Gill's high runs in both innings while batting and fast bowler akash Deep's total of eight wickets in both innings. The india and england teams are playing a five-match Test series. The indian team had lost the first match of this series by 5 wickets. In this situation, the second Test match was played at Edgbaston. The indian team had never won any of the eight Test matches played at this stadium so far.

In this situation, the indian team, which played the second Test match, scored 587 runs in the first innings. indian team captain Shubman Gill added a huge 269 runs. In addition, jaiswal scored 87 runs, ravindra jadeja scored 89 runs, and washington sundar scored 42 runs. Shoaib Bashir took three wickets, chris Woakes took two wickets, and josh Dun took two wickets. Next, the english team played its first innings. The team scored 407 runs. Harry Brook scored 158 runs and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith scored 184 runs not out. In the first innings, mohammed siraj took six wickets and akash Deep took four wickets, recording excellent bowling. At the end of the first innings, the indian team took a lead of 180 runs.
Then the indian team decided to add runs quickly in the second innings and set a big target for the english team. Accordingly, the indian players added runs a little faster. This time, captain Shubman Gill, who played well, was dismissed for 161 runs off 162 balls. rishabh pant scored 65 runs, KL rahul 55 runs, and ravindra jadeja 69 runs. The indian team declared after scoring 427 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. With this, the Himalayan target of 608 runs was set for the english team. At the end of the third day, England's vice-captain Harry Brook had challenged, "No matter how big a target the indian team sets, we will try to meet it." However, by the end of the fourth day, the team had lost three wickets for 72 runs.
On the fifth day, the situation was such that they could win if they scored 536 runs. With only seven wickets remaining, england tried to draw. However, akash Deep bowled brilliantly for the indian team and kept taking wickets. Following this, england could not draw on the fifth day and lost all their wickets. Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith played brilliantly for that team and scored 88 runs. england lost all their wickets in the second innings for 271 runs.

With this, the indian team won by a huge margin of 336 runs. Moreover, they also created a historic record by registering their first win in a total of nine matches played at Edgbaston. akash Deep took four wickets in the first innings and six wickets in the second innings, taking a total of 10 wickets. Shubman Gill scored 269 runs in the first innings and 161 runs in the second innings. The indian team has achieved this historic victory due to the incredible performance of both of them.
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Sowmiya Sriram

07/07/2025 08:39 AM