Rishabh Pant would like to break Virat Kohli’s record in second Test against England (Photo- PTI)
Team India is to play the second Test match against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. This match is starting from July 2. England won by 5 wickets in the first Test match played between these two teams. Now Team India would like to win the second Test. This match can also be very special for Team India’s Dhakad player Rishabh Pant. This is because he is close to breaking a special record of veteran batsman Virat Kohli. Virat has scored the most runs as an Indian player in Edgbaston and Pant is just a few runs away from breaking it.
Pant would like to break Kohli’s record
Virat Kohli has scored 231 runs in four innings of two matches on this ground. He has scored these runs at an average of 57.75. Virat’s highest personal score has been 149 runs in this venue. Talking about Rishabh Pant, he has so far played the same match in Edgbaston, in which he has scored 203 runs in two innings at an average of 101.50. His best personal score here is 146 runs. Rishabh Pant is just 28 runs behind Kohli and he would definitely want to beat it in the second Test. Apart from Kohli, there is only Sunil Gavaskar ahead of Pant, who scored 216 runs on this ground.
Two centuries scored in the first Test
Even though Team India could not win the first Test against England, but Rishabh Pant’s batting won the hearts of all the fans. He scored 134 runs in the first innings while he contributed 118 runs in the second innings. Talking about Virat Kohli, he has retired from Test cricket. Virat Kohli is counted among the best batsmen in the world. If Team India wants to win the second Test against England, then Rishabh Pant will have to make a big score for his team by batting aggressively in Edgbaston.
After winning the first Test match, England took a 1-0 lead in the 5 match Test series. England needed 371 runs to win in the first match and he won it with 5 wickets. Team India has started practice for the second Test. Now it has to be seen whether Team India can win this match and equal 1-1 in the 5 match Test series or not?
