Indian team’s position strong in second Test, this was the game of fourth day

Updated: 05-07-2025, 07.33 PM

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The situation has become very strong in the second Test of Edgbaston of the Indian cricket team. By the end of the fourth day’s play, England have scored 72 runs losing 3 wickets. Now he needs 536 runs to win the last day. Harry Brook (15*) and Oli Pope (24*) are present at the crease. India has to take 7 wickets to win the last day. In such a situation, let’s take a look at the fourth day game.

Day

This is the fourth day game

On the fourth day, the Indian team started playing ahead of the score of 64/1. Captain Shubman Gill (161), KL Rahul (55), Rishabh Pant (65) and Ravindra Jadeja (69) played a brilliant innings. On their own, India declared the innings on a score of 427/6 and gave England a target of 608 runs. In response, England got initial shocks and his 3 batsmen quickly returned to the pavilion. Akash Deep took 2 and Mohammad Siraj took 1 wicket.

century

Gill came out of the bat brilliant innings

Gill faced 162 balls in the match and scored 161 runs. 13 fours and 8 sixes came out of his bat. His strike rate was 99.38. 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. In collaboration with Rishabh Pant (65), he shared a 110 -run partnership in 103 balls.

Half -century

Ravindra Jadeja also scored half -century in second innings

After scoring 89 runs in the first innings, Jadeja also batted brilliantly in the second innings and returned unbeaten on 69 runs. He came to the crease when India’s score was 236/4. After tea, he caught the rhythm and shared a significant partnership of 175 runs with Gill. Jadeja scored 69 runs in 118 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. This was the 24th half -century of his Test career.

Pant

Rishabh Pant played unmatched 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. 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. In both innings of the first Test, this player had a half -century from the bat.

KL Rahul

KL Rahul scored 18th half -century

Rahul faced 84 balls and was dismissed by 55 runs. His bat led to 10 fours and his strike rate was 65.48. This was the 18th of his Test career and the third half -century against England. Rahul has scored 3,039 runs as an opener in Test cricket. His average has been 36.17. During this time he has scored 8 centuries and 15 half -centuries in 50 Tests.

Domination

India’s innings remains historic

India has declared an innings in Test match at Edgbaston for the first time. This historical moment reflects dominance in their match. In this match, India gave England a target of 608 runs, which is the second largest target given by India in Test history. Earlier in 2009, India set a target of 617 runs against New Zealand in Wellington. The third largest target was 557 runs against England in Rajkot in 2024.

achievement

Gill also made this big achievement

Gill has finished second in the list of players scoring the most runs in both innings of the Test match. He finished second against England for a total of 430 runs. The first number in this list is England’s Graham Gooch, who scored 456 runs against India in 1990. He is followed by veterans like Mark Taylor (426), Kumar Sangakkara (424) and Brian Lara (400).