India registered their first win ever at Edgbaston on Sunday. Shubman Gill led the Indian batting with 430 runs in the Test match, alongside him, Akash Deep picked up 10 wickets in the game, and Mohammed Siraj picked up seven wickets. England, under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, renowned for their Bazball approach, in which they win the toss and chase whatever is put in front of them, to come to a question when India set them a target of a record 608 in the final innings.
“We made Bazball lick dust,” said Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel. “We had never won at Edgbaston to date, but we have done that now. If we see the last few overseas wins, we have created history every time. We had never won in Cape Town, the Optus Stadium in Perth, and the Gabba, but we have won there now. We are conquering frontiers we hadn’t conquered thus far. This win needs to be celebrated. We have outplayed the opposing team in every department,” Chopra said.
“It was both record-breaking and record-making. History has been created at the Edgbaston ground. Captain (Shubman) Gill had laid the foundation with a mountain of runs. More than 1000 runs, the first time ever in the history of Indian Test cricket, and then if it was Miyan Magic (Mohammed Siraj) in the first innings, it was Akash Deep in the second innings,” Chopra added.
India seal first-ever victory at Edgbaston
India and England played out a historic day of Test match cricket at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Sunday. While an early spell of rain deprived India of some time to snare the seven remaining wickets, England eventually fell 336 runs short of India’s target in the second Test. This is a landmark maiden Test victory for captain Shubman Gill, as the win ends India’s 68-year wait for a win at Edgbaston.
India had remained winless at the venue across eight matches since 1967. The Kensington Oval in Barbados is the only venue where India have played more Tests without a win, losing seven matches besides two draws at the venue.
A win in Birmingham also extends India’s world record for Test victories at most venues on a day where Australia could inch closer to them with a triumph over West Indies in Grenada. Having played at 85 different Test venues since their first official game in 1932, India have won at least one Test at 60 different grounds, ranking the best among all Test-playing nations. Australia stand second with Test wins at 57 venues, with England ranking third, winning at 55 Test grounds.
