India needs just 7 wickets on the final day at Edgbaston to level the series.
From both batting and bowling, India dominated the Edgbaston Test. In the same match, captain Shubman Gill created a unique feat by scoring a double century and crossing 150 runs in a single innings. Alongside him, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant’s fifties helped India build a massive total. Later, India’s new-ball pacers struck early blows in England’s top order.
In the second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, England is under immense pressure chasing a colossal target of 608 runs. The hosts ended day four at 72 for 3 wickets. To save the match, they must bat through the entire final day, still needing 536 runs—an almost impossible task.
India requires just 7 wickets to claim their first Test victory at this ground, having lost seven out of eight previous Tests here and drawn one.
The standout performer on day four was Gill. After his 269 in the first innings, he scored 161 off 162 balls, hitting 13 fours and 8 sixes.
Gill became only the second Indian and ninth player worldwide to score a double century and a century in the same Test. In fact, no one else in Test history has combined a double century with a 150+ innings in the same match. At 25, the batsman is creating many milestones in only his second Test as captain.
In the second innings, Jadeja remained unbeaten on 69 off 118 balls, while Pant scored 65 off 58 balls with his ODI-style attacking.
India surpassed 1,000 runs in a Test innings for the first time, scoring 1,014 runs combined over both innings—after 587 in the first innings, they declared on 427 for 6 in the second.
England, having chased 371 to win the first Test at Headingley, lost Jack Crawley early in the second over this time. The 27-year-old was caught by Mohammad Siraj playing an expansive shot.
Ben Duckett showed promise with five fours but was dismissed by Akash Deep, who trapped him lbw. Early blows continued with Joe Root, England’s most successful Test batsman, bowled by Deep in the 11th over.
Oliver Pope and Harry Brook will start the final day’s challenge.
India began day four at 64 for 1 wicket. Karun Nair again failed to build on his start, scoring 26 off 46 balls. Lokesh Rahul reached his fifty off 78 balls but was soon dismissed for 55 off 84 balls by Josh Tong’s excellent delivery.
Gill and Pant put India ahead with a century partnership for the fourth wicket. Pant showed his natural attacking style, hitting a four and a six in his first four balls.
Pant survived a dropped catch on 10 runs off Jack Crawley and went on to score his fifty off 48 balls before being caught at long-off trying to hit a six off spinner Shoaib Bashir.
After the 110-run stand was broken, Gill formed another century partnership, this time with Jadeja. He reached his hundred in 129 balls just before tea—the third century of his captaincy and eighth overall.
After the break, Gill played aggressively, hitting two fours and a six off three consecutive balls from Chris Woakes. He followed with consecutive sixes off Root, reaching 150 off 156 balls in the next over.
Gill’s innings ended after another six off Bashir, with the partnership with Jadeja worth 175 runs.
Gill became only the fifth cricketer to be part of four century stands in a single Test.
At number seven, Nitish Kumar Reddy lasted only two balls. After Washington Sundar hit a four and a six to take the lead beyond 600, India declared.
India’s bowlers started well, resting Jasprit Bumrah for this match.
Brief Scores
India 1st innings: 587
England 1st innings: 407
India 2nd innings: 427/6 declared (Rahul 55, Karun 26, Gill 161, Pant 65, Jadeja 69*, Nitish 1, Washington 12*; Woakes 14-3-61-0, Curran 12-2-56-1, Tong 15-2-93-2, Stokes 7-1-26-0, Bashir 26-1-119-2, Root 9-1-65-1)
England 2nd innings: 72/3 in 16 overs (Duckett 25, Crawley 0, Pope 24*, Brook 15*; Akash 8-1-36-2, Siraj 5-1-29-1, Prasidh 3-0-6-0)
