IND vs ENG 2nd Test: Historic First! India join fabled 1000-club in Tests, smash record for most runs in first two matches of a series | Cricket News

India captain Shubman Gill celebrates his century. (@BCCI X/ANI Photo)

NEW DELHI: In a record-shattering spectacle at Edgbaston, Team India, led by Shubman Gill, scripted historical past by turning into the first Indian facet to surpass 1,000 runs in a single Test match, attaining a monumental mixture of 1,014 runs throughout each innings of the second Test in opposition to England.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!It marks solely the sixth time in Test historical past that any crew has reached the 1000-run milestone in a match, and it’s India’s highest mixture in Test cricket, eclipsing their earlier greatest of 916 in opposition to Australia in Sydney in 2004. Team India now joins an elite group that features the likes of England (1930), Australia (1934 & 1969), Pakistan (2006), and South Africa (1939) in the fabled “1000-club”.

1000-plus crew aggregates in a Test

India’s mixture of 1,849 runs in the first two Tests of this series is now the very best by any crew in the first two matches of a Test series, underlining their batting dominance and setting the tone for a series to recollect.India’s complete got here from scores of 587 all out in the first innings and 427/6 declared in the second, setting England a gargantuan goal of 608 — the second-highest India have ever set in a fourth innings and the second-highest England have been requested to chase at residence.This historic feat was constructed on the again of stellar batting performances. In the first innings, captain Shubman Gill led the best way with a masterful 269, ably supported by Ravindra Jadeja (89) and Washington Sundar (42). Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 87 and Karun Nair’s 31 had laid the inspiration after a shaky begin.England fought again by means of a sensational 303-run stand between Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184*), however Mohammed Siraj (6/70) and Akash Deep (4/88) turned the sport with the brand new ball, bundling England out for 407.India then launched a blistering counterattack. Gill (161) and Jadeja (69*) struck once more in the second innings, whereas Rishabh Pant (65) and KL Rahul (55) delivered quickfire cameos to push India’s complete previous the 1000-mark earlier than declaring.