India and England will play the second match of the ongoing 5-match Test series in England tomorrow at Edgbaston, Birmingham. In less than 24 hours, India and England will take on each other in the second match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, formerly known as the Pataudio Trophy. The Visitors, after losing by a convincing margin of 5 wickets in the first Test match at Leeds, will now aim to clinch the victory in the upcoming match. Ben Duckett’s century in the first match turned out to be the match-turning point for England, but Edgbaston suggests, the dominance of Joe Root on the pitch.
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Root’s Edgbaston Love Affair
He has played 16 innings here and has made 920 runs. His average at this ground is very high — 70.8. He has made 5 fifties and 3 centuries at Edgbaston. His top score here is 142 not out. The photo also displays Joe Root in batting attire, all set to play a shot.
On The Way To Smash Multiple Records
Joe Root has been chasing multiple records in the upcoming match against India. If he scores 80 runs, he would become the first ever batter to complete 1000 runs at Edgbaston. Adding to this, if he smashes 73 runs, he would become the only batter to smash 3000 Test runs against India. With this, he will be bypassing former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who smashed 2555 runs.
Root is also in the race to complete the 6000 World Test Championship runs. He is currently on the 5624 runs in the WTC cycle, but still, he would need 376 runs to achieve this historic feat. This means he might need more than 1 Test match to complete this record.
England Playing XI
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
