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Match Report IND VS ENG 2nd TEST

India vs England 2nd Test 2025, Edgbaston - Match Report

India vs England, 2nd Test 2025 - Edgbaston

Match Report

Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham
Dates: July 2–6, 2025
Result: India won by 336 runs
Series: 5-match Test series (Level at 1-1)

Match Summary

Team 1st Innings 2nd Innings Total
India 587 all out 427/6 decl. 1014/16 (declared)
England 407 all out 271 all out 678 all out

India's first-ever Test victory at Edgbaston.

India Batting

1st Innings

BatsmanRunsBalls4s6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal87107130
KL Rahul22600
Karun Nair315050
Shubman Gill (c)269387303
Rishabh Pant (wk)254211
Nitish Kumar Reddy1600
Ravindra Jadeja69116100

2nd Innings

BatsmanRunsBalls
Yashasvi Jaiswal2234
KL Rahul5584
Karun Nair4170
Shubman Gill (c)161197
Rishabh Pant (wk)6568
Ravindra Jadeja69*120

England Batting

1st Innings

BatsmanRunsBalls
Zak Crawley1930
Ben Duckett211
Ollie Pope1118
Joe Root413
Harry Brook158201
Ben Stokes (c)17
Jamie Smith (wk)184213

2nd Innings

BatsmanRuns
Zak Crawley36
Ben Duckett21
Ollie Pope17
Joe Root44
Harry Brook24
Ben Stokes (c)32
Jamie Smith (wk)41

Bowling Highlights

BowlerTeamWickets (Match)Notes
Akash DeepIndia106 wickets in 2nd innings, match-winning spell
Mohammed SirajIndia7Consistent across both innings
Chris WoakesEngland3Best of England bowlers

Records & Notable Moments

  • Shubman Gill: 269 & 161, second-highest aggregate in a Test (430 runs), first to score 200+ and 150+ in a Test.
  • Akash Deep: 10 wickets in the match, including 6 in the final innings.
  • India's first-ever Test win at Edgbaston (in 9 attempts).
  • Series now level at 1-1.

Playing XIs

India England
Yashasvi Jaiswal
KL Rahul
Karun Nair
Shubman Gill (c)
Rishabh Pant (wk)
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Ravindra Jadeja
Washington Sundar
Akash Deep
Mohammed Siraj
Prasidh Krishna 		Zak Crawley
Ben Duckett
Ollie Pope
Joe Root
Harry Brook
Ben Stokes (c)
Jamie Smith (wk)
Chris Woakes
Brydon Carse
Josh Tongue
Shoaib Bashir

Player of the Match

Shubman Gill (India): 269 (1st inns) & 161 (2nd inns)

Series Situation

The five-match series is now level at 1-1. The third Test will be played at Lord's after a short break.

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