Edgbaston Test: India declared second innings for 427 runs, England achieved huge target

Updated: 05-07-2025, 05.30 PM

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The Indian cricket team has strengthened its position in the second Test match being played at Edgbaston. He declared his second innings on a score of 427/6. Now England will have to score 608 runs to win this match. Shubman Gill (161) played a brilliant century in India’s second innings. At the same time, half -centuries came out of the bat of KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant. Let’s take a look at India’s second innings.

Statement of account

India’s second innings account

India started playing in front of the score of 64/1 on the fourth day. After this, Rahul (55), Gill (161) and Pant (65) held a fierce class of England bowlers and scored a huge score in the second innings. Jadeja also scored 69 runs. India’s first innings ended for 587 runs. In response, England scored 407 runs in their first innings.

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Gill played a brilliant century innings

Gill completed his century by facing 129 balls. He scored 161 runs in 162 balls. 13 fours and 8 sixes came out of his bat. This was the total 8th of his Test career and the 5th century against the England cricket team. In the first innings of this match, 269 runs were scored by the Indian captain’s bat. He also played a brilliant innings of 147 runs in the first Test.

Half -century

A look at Pant’s innings

Pant faced 58 balls and was dismissed for 65 runs. His bat led to 8 fours and 3 sixes. His strike rate was 112.07. Together with Gill, this player shared a 110 -run partnership in just 103 balls. This was the 16th of his Test career and the 5th half -century against the England cricket team. Pant could not do anything special in the first innings and was dismissed for 25 runs in 42 balls.

Records

Gill broke these big records

Gill has become the first player to do this feat after 11 years after scoring a total of 350+ runs in both innings of the Test match. Prior to that, in 2014, Kumar Sangakkara scored 424 runs in the Chittagong Test. Gill has now become the Indian batsman to score the most runs in both innings of a Test match. He has surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 344 runs (against West Indies, 1971, Port of Spain).