IND vs ENG: Shubman Gill’s maiden double century put India on top in second Test
GH News July 04, 2025 05:06 AM
New Delhi: Team India has maintained complete control over the match till the second day of the Test being played at Edgbaston. In this second Test of the series against England India scored a huge score of 587 runs in the first innings due to Shubman Gills historic innings of 269 runs. In response the visiting team has lost 3 wickets after scoring 77 runs till stumps on the second day. England is still 510 runs behind. Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj destroyed Englands top order and pushed the visitors on the backfoot by taking three wickets in the beginning. How did Indian bowlers perform? England came to bat in the third session of the day. Fast bowler Akashdeep who was playing this match in place of Jasprit Bumrah gave India a great start by giving two big blows to England in two balls. Akashdeep sent both the centurions of the first match Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope back to the pavilion without opening their accounts. Mohammed Siraj gave the third blow to England at the team score of 25 runs when opener Jack Crowley was caught out by Karun Nair. He was out after scoring 19 runs. However Joe Root and Harry Brook did not let England suffer any further loss till stumps. Englands team is still 510 runs behind. It will be interesting to see which way the third game tilts. Will the Indian bowlers break Englands back or will Englands batsmen be able to make a comeback? What was the historic achievement for Shubman Gill on Day 2? Earlier with the help of captain Shubman Gills 269 Ravindra Jadejas 89 and Yashasvi Jaiswals 87 runs the Indian team scored 587 runs in their first innings. When the game started after tea on the second day everyones eyes were on Indian captain Shubman Gill. He was unbeaten on 265. It was expected that he would complete a triple century. But a few minutes after the start of the third session he was out on a score of 269 runs. Gill hit three sixes and 30 fours in his 387-ball innings. This is Gills first double century in Tests. Also this is the highest score made by any Indian captain. How many records were broken? During this innings Shubman Gill broke the record of most runs scored by an Indian batsman in England. Earlier former captain Mohammad Azharuddin had scored 179 runs in Manchester in 1990. At the same time he became the highest run-scorer for India at the Edgbaston ground as soon as he surpassed Virat Kohlis 149 in 2018. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravindra Jadeja who came to bat at number 7 played an important role in taking the Indian team to 587 runs. Jaiswal played an innings of 87 runs off 107 balls. During this he played important partnerships of 80 runs for the second wicket with Karun Nair and 66 runs for the third wicket with Gill. Which batters showed their brilliant skills? Ravindra Jadeja who came to bat at number 7 played a brilliant innings of 89 runs. He shared a crucial 203-run partnership for the sixth wicket with captain Gill. Washington Sundar scored 42 runs and added 114 runs for the seventh wicket with Gill. Karun Nair scored 31 Rishabh Pant scored 25 runs. England used seven bowlers. Shoaib Bashir took three wickets. Chris Woakes-Josh Tongue got two wickets each. Stokes Carson Joe Root took one wicket each. England won the toss.
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