Steven Finn revealed about Edgbaston’s boundary (photo- Stuart leggett | Mi news/nurphoto via getty images)
Team India is currently playing the second Test match against England in Edgbaston, Birmingham. By the end of the first day of the game, Team India scored 310 runs losing 5 wickets. Meanwhile, former English player Steven Finn has made a big disclosure about the boundary line of the second Test. He has told that the boundary line of this match has been reduced from the normal Test match. After his statement, all the fans are quite surprised. The question is that Finn told the reason why the English team did this.
Steven Finn revealed
On the BBC Broadcast, Steven Finn said, ‘We were in Edgbaston. I stood near the boundary line. It looked much smaller than the normal Test match. The England team wants them to win the toss and decide to bowl first and chase whatever goals are found in the last innings. For this reason, the boundary has been made so small.
For a long time, it has been seen in Test cricket that England has decided to bowl by winning the toss and he has easily achieved whatever goal he has achieved. Many people are quite surprised by Finn’s statement. In the first Test played against India, England had achieved the target of 371 runs with five wickets.
Shubman Gill scored a century
Team India has batted brilliantly on the first day of the game and has put pressure on the England bowlers. Captain Shubman Gill completed his century on the first day on behalf of the team. He has played an unbeaten innings of 114 runs so far. On behalf of the team, Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored 87 runs while batting. During his innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal hit 13 fours. KL Rahul, a century of the first Test, was dismissed for two runs in the second innings. He was expected to have a big innings in this match too but Rahul disappointed the fans.
Karun Nair scored 31 runs while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant returned to the pavilion after scoring 25 runs. Young player Nitish Kumar Reddy was also dismissed on a private score of one run. Till the end of the first day’s play, Ravindra Jadeja is batting with captain Shubman Gill. He has played an unbeaten innings of 41 runs. The second day of the game will be important for both teams.
