India vs England test match image posted on Edgbaston
Reflexes
- India have never won a test match at Edgbaston
- In the current test match, India gained a 132-run lead in the early innings.
- In 1967, India played Test for the first time here, 8th Test match continued
The Indian team is playing the last ie the fifth test match against England in Birmingham. India also gained a 132-run lead on an early innings basis. After the hitters, the pitchers also performed well. Also in the second inning, the India team scored 125 runs for three wickets until the end of the third day game. But in the meantime, such a figure has emerged, so the Indian side in the Edgbaston Test looks very strong. At the same time, tension has increased for England, who trail 2-1 in the series.
At the end of the game on the third day, India had a total lead of 257 runs. At the same time, in response to the Indian team’s 416 runs in the early innings, the England team dropped to just 284 runs. After this, India gained a lead of 132 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara 50 to stumps on day three and Rishabh Pant, who scored 146 runs in the previous innings, is in the crease after scoring 30 runs. The Indian team would like to give England a target of at least 350-400 and looking at the current scorecard it seems possible.
This figure increased the tension of the British.
The Indian team does not have any special record at Edgbaston and so far the team has not won a single time here. But this time the figures are tilted in favor of the Indian team. India actually had a 132-run lead based on early innings and before the match England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first.
The statistic that scares England is that, To date, whenever the Indian cricket team managed to take a lead above 100 while playing in the first Test match, they never faced defeat. On the other hand, India had not played before and after taking 100 or more early innings leads, India had lost only once in 2015 against Sri Lanka in Galle Test by 63 runs. In this match, the Indian team failed to chase the goal of 176 runs and was reduced to 112 runs.
55-year wait may end at Edgbaston
The India team’s record at Edgbaston, Birmingham has been very poor. In 1967, some 55 years ago, the team played a test match here for the first time. After that, this is India’s eighth test. Previously, India has lost here on 6 occasions and a test match India has managed to draw. That is to say, the strong Edgbaston have not been able to conquer the Indian team even once. So this time under the leadership of new captain Jasprit Bumrah, Team India is close to making history on this ground in England. So once again the Indian bowlers will have to deal well with England’s strong batting line-up.
