US EditionRecord-Setting Gill Leads India to Within Sight of Big Win over England in Second Test
EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, JUL 5 – India set an unprecedented 608-run target with Shubman Gill scoring 161 and key contributions from Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Ravindra Jadeja, pressuring England's challenging fourth-innings chase.
- India set England a towering target of 608 runs in the second Test at Edgbaston on Day 4.
- After establishing a first-innings advantage of 180 runs, India opted to end their second innings on 427 for six, with Shubman Gill leading the charge.
- Gill scored a breathtaking 161 off 162 balls and Akash Deep led the bowlers who outperformed their English counterparts.
- At stumps, England stood at 72 for three after 16 overs, needing 536 more runs with chants of “Boring, boring India” heard.
- England faces an almost impossible chase with no team having overcome a target beyond 418, leaving India close to a rare away Test win.
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England has lost the wickets of great batsmen like Jack Crowley, Ben Duckett and Joe Root in the chase, which has tilted the match in India's favour to a great extent. Now all the hopes of the host team rest on batsmen like captain Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook.
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