Saturday, 5 July 2025

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 2nd Test: Day 4

 🇮🇳 starts the day 4 with 244 runs ahead at the loss of Yashasvi Jaiswal's wicket : 64/1.

How many more runs they can add to challenge   🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  today..??

1st Session :

Karun Nair falls on 26 : 96/2 :  Lead 276.

Shubman Gill in.

100/2  runs in 22.5 overs (137) balls.

1st hour: 109/2 : 45 runs and 1 wicket. 

KL Rahul completes his 50 off 78 balls.

123/2 : India lead 303.

KL Rahul bowled Tounge 55 (84) : 10x4s .

126/3 : 29.1 Ov. Indian lead 306.

Gill on 14 (23) joined by Rishabh Pant.

Starts with a four and six in the same over.

Rishabh Pant dropped on 10*, still continues in Top Gear  41* off 35 : 5x4s n 2x6s, at 🍽.

Never able dull moment, everyone just watch out when Rishabh is at crease:

113 runs in 1st Session for the loss of KL Rahul & Karun Nair. India lead is 357.



































Post Lunch 2nd Session:

Shubman Gill  wins the race to half century. 51 off 58. Both with 6 x4s n 2 x6s so far..!
Rishabh Pant 50 off 48.

INDIA LEAD by  403  Runs : 223/3 : 44 ov .

Partnership 102* off 94. Ends on 110.

Bashir gets Rishabh Pant again : bat out of his hands and ball to mid- off : 
65 off 58 balls: 8x4s n 6x3 : 236/4.

Drinks: India - 249/4 in 52.0 overs (Shubman Gill 67, RA Jadeja 4) : Lead 429.


At Tea: 

INDIA LEAD by 484 Runs : 304/4 : 68 Ov.

Shubman Gill 100* (130) 
- 9×4s n 3x6s

What a knock after 269 in 1st innings.

Ravindra  Jadeja 25*.

Shubman Gill is the first Indian captain to aggregate 300+ runs in a Test.

Previous best was Virat Kohli's 293 vs Sri Lanka (2017)





 

























































Post Tea Session: 

Shubman Gill : 430 runs in this Match.

c&b Bashir 161 :  13x4s n 8×6s. 

Jadeja 69* , Nitish gone on 1.

Declared on 427/6.

INDIA LEAD by 607 Runs.

Target for England is 608, in 100+ overs.

England Batting: 

Siraj gets Zack Crawley on 0 : 11/1.







Friday, 4 July 2025

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 2nd Test: Day 3

Overnight England were 77/3 in 20 Overs. 

1st Session:

Wow... What an unbelievable start for  🇮🇳.

Siraj floors  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿  within 13minutes of the morning...2 in 2 balls .

Mohammed Siraj strikes on his 3rd and 4th ball of the morning...

Joe Root Ct Pant B Siraj 22(46) : 84/4 : 21.3 Ov.

Ben Stokes Ct Pant B Siraj 0(1) : 84/5 : 21.4Ov.

Three of England's top six have been dismissed for ducks – two of them first ball! 🦆 🤦‍♂️
















🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 100/5: 24.1 Ov : Brook 41, J Smith 6.

Brook playing well 50* off 73.

J Smith hits Prasidh for 22 runs in over.

83 off just 12 Ov @ 7.00 per over. 

Smith gets to 50 in 43 balls. 

Excellent counterattack by England pair....100* off 90 balls.

Brook half chance lost by Gill off Jadeja on 67.

203/5 in 38.3 Ov :  in 240 balls.

BAZBALL on...🔥🔥🔥 score 150 plus runs in 2 hours in spite of 2 wickets loss.

Jamie Smith Beautiful..Aggression..

101* off just 80 balls : 14x4s n 1x6.

💯 for Jamie Smith in just a single session!

3rd joint-fastest for England in just 80 balls!

And Brook 91* off 126. 

Partnership 165* off 155 in just 25.2 Ov.

So at  Lunch 🍽 : 249/5 : 47 Overs.

27 Ov : 172 runs : 2 Wkts :  6.37 RR

England 338 behind .

Stunning Counterattack..🙄🔥🔥🔥💥🤔

Post Lunch 2nd Session:

Harry Brook 102* off 137 balls .

Shubman and India cluless..!!!

Partnership crosses 200 off 32 overs without runs rate of 6.25.

BAZBALL continues to Floor India..

300 in 59.5 Ov..369 balls. 52 in this hour.

Jamie Smith 150* off 144 so far....

The Brook-Smith partnership reaches 250! 🤝

352/5 : 74 Ov : RR 4.75 : 235 behind. 

28 Ov : 106 runs : 0 Wkts :  3.79 runs per over.

At Tea ☕️ : Partnership 271* off 324 .

75 Ov : 355/5 : Brook 140* + Smith 157*.

Brook 150* off 222.

Tremendous...Partnership 301* ..and going strong. 

168* Smith n 158* Brook : 386/5 : 82 Ov. 

At last ...partnership 303 (368) - broken ..as ,

Akash Deep strikes at last with second new ball...in his second 

Harry Brook 158 (234) : 387/6 : 82.2 Ov. 

It's Akash Deep strikes again.Wicket Maiden.

Wokes back on 5 Ct by Karun Nair.

395/7 : 86.5 Over. Trail by 192.

Siraj's turn ...Carse lbw 0 (4)  : 396/8 

400 off 88.4 ov RR @ 4.5.

And his FIFTH..Tounge lbw : 407/5 .

Wow...Siraj wraps up with 6th..70/6 off 19.3.

Smith not out on 184 off 207.

New ball does the trick for India. 

England 407 : 89.3 Ov. 

India took lead of  180 runs. 

How many will India set England for the 4th innings?






















































India second innings:

Excellent Aggressive start by India 51/0 in 7.3 overs but ..Jaiswal falls immediately lbw to Tounge on 28 off 22 : 51/1 : 7.4 ov. Lead 131.

At Stumps India lead by 244 runs.

64/1 : 13 ov.

KL Rahul  28 (38) and Karun Nair 7(18).









Thursday, 3 July 2025

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 2nd Test: Day 2

Day 2 : Sunny to start with ..!

How many more India will be able to add?

From 310/5: Gill 114* & Jadeja 41*.

Young Captain Prince! 👑   🙌

Shubman Gill  made 269 ✨🔥

THE FIRST INDIA CAPTAIN TO SCORE A DOUBLE HUNDRED IN ENGLAND!

Shubman Gill, absolutely sensational!

Highest individual score in England, by Indian batter..crosses 221 of Sunil Gavaskar.

India players to score a double-century in men's Tests in England:

Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗹 🤩

Shubman Gill has made his two highest Test scores in his first two Tests as captain 🫡 .



































In 1st Session:

Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja Partnership

Crosses 100 immediately. Jadeja completes 50.

350/5 : 94.5 Ov : Shubman 132* & Jadeja 61*.

Excellent Partnership of 150* off 215 balls.

1st hour to India : 

55 runs in 13 overs without loss : 

365/5 : 98 overs. Gill 144*, Jadeja 63*.

100 Ov : 375/5.

Shubman Gill 150* off 263.

405/5: 106.1 Overs. 400+ with Jadeja's 6 and with Gill's six Partnership crosses 201 off 277 balls.

Tounge gets Jadeja caught behind on bouncer. Easy looping catch. Ends 203 stand.

Jadeja 89 ( 137 ) : 10x4 , 1x6 : 414/6 : 107.3 Ov.

So at Lunch 🍽 :  🇮🇳 : 419/6 : 110 Ov.

Gill 168* (288) and Washington Sundar 1*.

109 Runs :25 Ov: 1 wicket at 4.36 .

Post lunch: 

451/6 : 117.3 Ov : Gill approaching 200.

Partnership crosses 56* off 75 balls. 

Shubman Gill: 

200* off 311 balls with 21×4s & 2x6s.

At Drinks 496/6 : 126 ov. Partnership 82*.

🇮🇳 503/6 : Gill 229* , Sundar 23*: 127.1 Ov.

Partnership 102* off  138 at RR  4.51 .

Ends at 144 runs.

Washington bowled Root 42(103) : 558/7.

At Tea : 🇮🇳  564/7 : 141 Ov :  RR : 4

Gill 265*; Akash Deep 0*.

Post Tea: 

Shubman Gill out on 269 off 384 with 30 fours and 3 sixes .

574/8 : 143.3 ov.

Fails to keep pull down caught at short square leg off Tongue. 

Eventually India all down on 587:151 Ov.

India hit their fourth-highest Test total in England 🔥

In just his second Test as captain, Shubman GIll has rewritten the record books 🌟

The highest total against England in the Bazball era! 

However, England won the three previous times they conceded a 500+ total 👀



























England Batting:

After costly 1st over Akash Deep strikes twice in his 2nd over: 

Ben Duckett 0 (5) & Ollie Pope 0(1) .

Brilliantly caught in the slip by Shubman & KL Rahul.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 : 13/2 : 2.5 Overs. 

And now Siraj struck on his first ball of 4th over:  25/3 : 7.1 Ov.

Zak Crawley C Karun B Siraj  19 (30).

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Wednesday, 2 July 2025

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 2nd Test: Day 1

Prince! 👑 💯 Plus* ✨🔥

HUNDRED in Headingley 💯

HUNDRED in Edgbaston 💯

Young Captain Shubman Gill gets his 7th Test Century , 4th vs England 🤩

And 

Yashasvi Jaiswal87 (106).

𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘃𝗶 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱! ✨🔥

Take a look at his consistent run of 50+ scores in Tests against them 💯.


























2nd Test: At Edgbaston,  Birmingham. 

As it happened: Session wise Highlights :

Ben Stokes has won the toss and England will bowl first. 🏏

There's NO Jasprit Bumrah for India in the second Test v India. 

India ring in the changes!

No Sai Sudharsan, Shardul Thakur & Jasprit Bumrah :  Nitish Kumar Reddy , Washington Sundar & Akash Deep come in:






































Well after a very careful and cautious start , KL played on one on the stumps through back foot defense : 8.4 overs. 

KL Rahul bowled Wokes 2 (26) : 15/1.

Karun Nair joins Yashasvi Jaiswal 12* off 28.

1st hour: 37/1 : 13 Overs. 

Karun confidently off drives twice for two boundaries, in an over is on 19* with glorious 4 fours off 19 and Yashasvi on 15* off 33 , partnership 26*.

Jais-ball on fire brings India's 50 with 2 off drives off Carse: 53/1 : 15.2 ov : Yashasvi 27*.

Excellent Partnership :  50* off 58.

Yashasvi Jaiswal plays tennis style over head smash off Stokes for 4.Jaiswal continues to pull and cut fiercely ...brings his 50 ..

53 off 59 balls and more ..3×4s in the Tounge over.
Just when India was looking good ...partnership of 80 was very aggressive, but Karun falls in second slip off Carse, just 5 minutes before lunch : unexpected bounce.

Karun Nair 31 ct Brook b Carse 31 (50),
:  5 x 4s : 95/2 : 23.3 ov.

Shubman Gill joins Yashasvi 60* off 66.

So at  🍽 : Shared 1st Session : RR : 3.92.

Put into bat :  🇮🇳 India 98/2 : 25 Ov. 

Yashasvi 62*(69) with 11x4s  , Gill 1*(6). 









































Post lunch..2nd Session:

 🇮🇳 : 100/2 : in 25.2 Overs. 

At Drinks 138/2 : 38 Ov ;

Yashasvi Jaiswal 81*,Shubman Gill 21*.

Partnership :  51* off 103 balls.

Oh...Ben Stokes over the moon , makes Yashasvi Jaiswal chase wide outside the off stump on the very first ball of his new spell, caught behind comfortably. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal 87 (107) : 13 fours.

161/3 : 45.1 Over : Gill 35 (90),Rishabh Pant 0.

Pant hits 1st six of the Match off Bashir.

England kept the runs in check in this 2nd session: 

Overs : 28 : Runs :  84 : Wicket : 1 RR : 3.

So at Tea : ☕️

India 182/3 : 53 Ov :

 Rishabh 14* (28)  &  Gill 42*( 109).





























3rd Session, Post Tea :

Captain Shubman Gill brings his half century with a four...stepping out to Bashir. 

50 off 125 balls, with 5 fours .

Very responsible knock so far.

India reach 200/3 in 59th over with typical 

Rishabh Pant falling sweep over fine leg. 

Low order collapse again???

2 Wickets in 2 Overs : 

England strikes 2 quick blows : within 9 balls and 3 runs.

Vice Captain Rishabh Pant holes out off Bashir to wide long on 25 

Trap set by Stokes & Pant falling for it .

and 
Nitish Kumar Reddy leave the Wokes incoming delivery...clean bowled.

Experienced  Jadeja in with Gill 59*.

Pant 25(42) : 208/4 : 60.1 Ov. 

And 

Nitish 2 (4) : 211/5 : 61.4 Ov.



























Drinks: 🥛🧂🥛 India - 243/5 in 68.0 overs :

Shubman Gill 77 (160) , Ravindra Jadeja 13*.

250/5 : 71.4 Ov.  No collapse as : 

Shubman Gill 🤝 Ravindra Jadeja

Partnership is 50* ..off 78 balls and without much hiccups. 

Young Captain Prince Shubman Gill continues to score 100... 

Very very responsible knock. 

80 Ov : 284 / 5 : Shubman 102*, Jadeja 35*.

Shubman Gill : 102* off 199 balls : 11x4s.

New ball due & taken immediately. 

Ravindra Jadeja slashed four above gully to get  India to 302/5 in 81.4 ov.

So at stumps : 

Shubman Gill 🤝 Ravindra Jadeja : 

Partnership 99*( 144 ) , at 4.24 per over. 

Last Session on day 1 also won by India:

32 Ov : 128 runs : 2 Wickets.

310/5 : 85 Ov. 

How many more runs for India, on 2nd Morning...??? We have to wait and see. 

Shubman Gill : 114* ( 216) : 12x4s and 

Ravindra Jadeja : 41*  (67) : 5x4s.