India came back in this series with a huge 336-run victory in the second test. Akash Deep cleaned up England in the second innings with a brilliant 6 wicket haul. India’s skipper Shubman Gill marshalled his troops smartly. Shubman Gill‘s leadership was quite commendable as he rotated the bowlers quite smartly.
1st win at Birmingham
India has played in 9 tests at Birmingham and this is India’s first victory at the venue. They have lost 7 tests and drawn one match. Shubman Gill became the first Indian captain to win a test match at Birmingham.
India won by 336 runs, which is the highest victory for India in SENA Test matches. Highest victories for India in SENA test matches :
- 336 runs vs ENG at Birmingham ( 2025 )
- 295 runs vs AUS at Perth ( 2024 )
- 279 runs vs ENG at Leeds ( 1986 )
- 272 runs vs NZ at Auckland ( 1968 )
- 257 runs vs WI at Kingston ( 2019 )
Overseas win for Shubman Gill
This is Shubman Gill’s first test win as a captain. He became the 14th Indian captain to win a test match in SENA.
Indian captains with most victories in overseas test matches :
- Virat Kohli ( 7 in 24 matches )
- MAK Pataudi – ( 3 in 10 matches )
- MS Dhoni – ( 3 in 23 matches )
- Ajinkya Rahane – ( 2 in 3 matches )
- Kapil Dev – ( 2 in 6 matches )
- Rahul Dravid – ( 2 in 6 matches )
- Bishan Singh Bedi – ( 2 in 7 matches )
- Sunil Gavaskar – ( 2 in 10 matches )
- Sourav Ganguly – ( 2 in 12 matches )
- Shubman Gill – ( 1 in 2 matches )
- Jasprit Bumrah – ( 1 in 3 matches )
- Anil Kumble – ( 1 in 4 matches )
- Rohit Sharma – ( 1 in 6 matches )
- Ajit Wadekar – ( 1 in 6 matches )
The highest score by a keeper in tests
Jamie Smith scored 184* runs in the first innings and 88 in the second innings. He scored 272 runs combined in this test match. This is the third-highest score by a keeper in test match.
Most runs scored by a keeper in a test match :
- Andy Flower – 341 ( 142, 199* )
- Andy Flower – 287 ( 55, 232* )
- Jamie Smith – 272 ( 184*, 88 )
- Andy Flower – 253 ( 183, 70 )
- Rishabh Pant – 252 ( 134, 118 )
Jamie Smith would have become the third wicket-keeper to score centuries in both innings after Andy Flower and Rishabh Pant. He missed that opportunity by just 12 runs.
Mohammed Siraj’s Magic
Mohammed Siraj took 6 wickets in the first innings and one wicket in the second innings. He took 7 wickets in this match.
Indian bowlers with most wickets in SENA test wins :
- Jasprit Bumrah – 63
- Mohammed Siraj – 42
- Erapalli Prasanna – 38
- B Chandrasekhar – 34
- Ishant Sharma – 34
- Mohammed Shami – 29
- Anil Kumble – 28
- Zaheer Khan – 26
Akash Deep’s best bowling
Akash took 10 wickets in this match. This is the third best bowling by an Indian bowler in overseas test wins.
Best bowling by an Indian in overseas test wins :
- 12/204 – E Prasanna at Melbourne ( 1977 )
- 11/104 – E Prasanna at Auckland ( 1976 )
- 10/187 – Akash Deep at Birmingham ( 2025 )
- 9/86 – Jasprit Bumrah at Melbourne ( 2018 )
- 9/134 – Zaheer Khan at Nottingham ( 2007 )
- 8/72 – Jasprit Bumrah at Perth ( 2024 )
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