The second Test of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham from July 2. The Indian team's record is very bad on this historic field, 143 -year -old. The team has not won a single win on the field.
Currently, the Indian team under Shubhman Gill's captaincy is 1-0 in the 5-match series. The team suffered a 5 -wicket defeat in the first Test. The Indian team must win another Test. 11 out of 18 Indian players in the current squad do not have experience playing on this field.
Match Details, Second Test Eng vs IND Date: 2-6 July, 2025 Stadium: Agbaston, Birmingham Time: Toss- 3:00 pm, Match Started- 3:30 pm
India did not win the Test against England on the grounds The Indian team has been playing a Test match for the last 58 years at the Egbaston grounds of Birmingham. The team played the first match against England in 1967 58 years ago. Since then the Indian team has played 8 Tests on the field, but no match has been won. The Indian team played a draw match here in 1986 39 years ago.
Talking about the overall record, the Indian team started its journey in England in 1932. Since then, a total of 137 Test matches have been played between the two teams. England won 52 of them, while 35 matches Team India won. 50 Test draw. India played 68 Tests on England's soil, winning only 9 matches, but the team has also made 22 Test draws here. England won in 37 matches.
Pant scored the highest runs in one year Rishabh Pant has scored the highest runs for India in the last one year. He has scored 929 runs in 11 matches at an average of 46.45. In addition, Pant scored a century in both innings of the previous match. In addition, Yashwashi Jaiswal has scored 875 runs from India at an average of 41.66 since June 1, 2024. Jaiswal played a century innings in the last match. Apart from these two, the fans will be on the lookout for KL Rahul and Captain Shubhman Gill. The duo also scored a century in the previous match.
Speaking of bowling, Jasprit Bumrah can lead a pace attack in India, though it has not been decided on playing it or not. Bumrah is 51 wickets fast in 10 matches played in the last one year. In the meantime its economy has only been 2.84. Apart from Bumrah, the team names Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep, famous Krishna and Arshadeep Singh. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja can prove important in spinners.
Root scored a fifty in the previous match England's veteran Better Joe Root has scored the highest runs for the team in the past one year. He has scored 1351 runs in 14 games, including 5 centuries and 5 half centuries. Root scored 28 runs in the first innings of the Leeds Test and 53 in the second innings. In addition to the route, Betters like Oli Pope, Zack Crawley and Harry Brooke, who scored a century in the last match, will also look at batters.
Speaking of the past one year, James Atkins is the fastest wicket for the English team. However, he has not been included in the second Test playing-11. Spinner Shoaib Bashir's name comes after that. Bashir has taken 44 wickets in 14 matches.
Pitch Report: Toss would choose to bowl after winning Usually the pitch of Edgbaston Stadium supports the batters, but the team who wins the toss here will love to bowl. So far 60 Tests have been played on this grounds in 1882. The team, which batted before 19 of these matches, has won, while the bowling team has won 23 matches. The average score in the first innings on the field is 302 runs, while the average score in the second inning is 315 runs.
This is the same field where England scored 378 runs against India in 2022. This is England's largest run chase in this Test.
Weather Report: 3 days out of 5 The match in Birmingham is likely to rain. More than 80%of the rainfall is expected on the first and second day of the test match. The weather will be clean on the third day, but the rainfall is forecast again on the fourth and fifth day.
No change in England's Playing-11
Playing-11: Ben Stokes (Captain), Czech Crowley, Ben Ducket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Walks, Braidan Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir.
India's Potential Playing-11: Shubhman Gill (Captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Famous Krishna.
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