Ind vs eng 2nd test: The start of England tour for Team India was as challenging as expected from the beginning. In the first Test played in Leeds, the Indian team led by Shubman Gill lost by 5 wickets. However, in the match, the Indian team broke several records, despite 5 centuries, the defeat deepened the wound. Now India has to win the second Test and get equal in the series, but for this it will have to reverse the most difficult chapter in history, for which it will have to win in Edgbaston, where India has not won a single Test match in the last 58 years.
Black history of Edgbaston
The next match of the five -match Test series will be played from July 2 at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. This is the same ground where India played their first Test match in 1967 and had to face defeat by 132 runs. Since then, India has played 8 Test matches here till date, out of which 7 lost and only 1 match was drawn. 39 years ago in 1986, Team India was the last success in avoiding defeat on this ground.
Not only this, Jasprit Bumrah was the captain of the last time when India played the Test in Edgbaston and England easily chased the target of 373 runs with 7 wickets remaining. It was the beginning of England’s ‘Bazball Age’ and also a warning for Indian bowling. This time will not be able to play in Bumrah Edgbaston this time.
History’s biggest challenge for equality in series
Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, India gave positive indications in batting in the leads. The team scored a total of 835 runs and 5 batsmen scored centuries. Despite this, the victory did not get the hand of the team, because the English batsmen chased 371 runs in the fourth innings and created history in the leads. Now if India has to return to the series, then there will be history in Edgbaston, where it has proved to be a crooked kheer to avoid defeat.
Team India has now reached Birmingham and everyone’s eyes are on the Test starting from July 2. Young captain Gill not only has the opportunity to equalize the series, but he can enter his name in the list of captains who change history.