The record of the Indian team has been very bad on this ground.Image Credit Source: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
The tour of England for Team India began in exactly the same manner, which was expected. In the very first Test match, the new and changed Indian team had to face defeat. However, in this first Test match played in Leeds, the kind of performance of captain Shubman Gill’s team, there was a hope that the series for England will not be so easy. But at the moment Team India is behind in the series and will have to return to the next match. Now to do this, Team India will have to do what has not happened in the last 58 years- victory in Edgbaston.
Not a single test won in Birmingham
After Leeds, the caravan of the Test series has reached the city of Birmingham and Team India has also reached here. The second match of the series will be played from July 2 at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. Team India will now have to win this match, so that 1-1 equal can be achieved in the series. But for this, Team India will have to perform the best and memorable performance so far in Edgbaston and that is because Team India has not won a single Test match till date on this agebaston’s more than 100 years old venue.
Team India’s record witness in Edgbaston is that this ground has been one of the most difficult venue for him. The Indian team played the first Test match on this ground in 1967 and England won by a big margin of 132 runs. Since then, by 2022, the Indian team has played a total of 8 Test matches at this ground and has suffered defeat in 7. The only match in which Team India did not get defeat, that match was played in 1986 and was a draw. That is, Team India has not been able to win even once in 58 years, but has failed to postpone defeat for the last 39 years.
In the last match, there was a crushing defeat
That is, Team India will not only have to improve its performance, but will also have to change its old history on this ground. As far as history is concerned, the same situation happened in the previous match played by the Indian team on this ground, which was seen in the leads. In that match played in July 2022, the Indian team gave England a target of 373 runs and England achieved that target without any hassle. This was the beginning of the ‘Bazball’ era of England. In that match, Jasprit Bumrah first captained Team India and coincidentally this time Bumrah will not be seen playing in Edgbaston. Now Team India will have to change history without them.
