Team India scripted history with their first ever Test win in Birmingham by 336 runs with Shubman Gill, Akashdeep and Mohammed Siraj as the standout players. The newly appointed team India skipper lead from the front and scored 269 runs in first innings and 161 runs in second. While India’s pace attack wrecked havoc, Akashdeep and Mohammed Siraj both took their fifers for the first time in England.
After the victory the youngsters got appreciation from Virat Kohli who mentioned about the “great” win after defeating England in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
“Great victory for India at Edgbaston. Fearless and kept pushing England to the wall. Brilliantly led by Shubhman with the bat and in the field and impactful performances from everyone. Special mention to Siraj and Akash for the way they bowled on this pitch.”
This is the first Test series India is playing after Virat Kohli’s sudden retirement from the format following which the youngsters performed exceptional well and dominated the second Test against England despite losing the first one.
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On the last day of second Test, England has to score more than 500 runs but they fell short by a huge margin as India’s bowlers were absolutely fantastic. Akashdeep registered his first fifer in England and completely wrecked havoc on field. It was a complete team effort and Indian outshone England in both batting and bowling.
In the first innings, India’s batting order dominantly scored 587 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal (87), Shubman Gill (269), Ravindra Jadeja (89), and Washington Sundar (42) made sure the target became extremely difficult for England to chase. Even though England bounced back with Harry Brook and Jamie Smith scoring 158 and 184 respectively but still the team only managed to score 407 runs. While bowling Mohammed Siraj took a fifer for the first time in England and Akashdeep took 4 wickets.
In the second innings, KL Rahul (55), Shubman Gill (161), Rishabh Pant (65) and Ravindra Jadeja (69) again took a 608 runs lead by scoring 427 in the second innings. While bowling Akashdeep took 6 stunning wickets and sealed the win for India with Shubman Gill taking the last catch. Akashdeep stole the spotlight in second Test, he came in as the replacement of Jasprit Bumrah and took 10 wickets in single Test. He proved that picking him was the right decision and his significant contribution completely swept away England’s batting lineup.
