After an underwhelming show in the opening Test, the Indian cricket team will look to bounce back when they take on England in the second Test at Edgbaston.
Pitch report
The average score by the team batting first at this stadium is 333.
Chasing should be the preferred option at this stadium, with the team batting second winning 60 per cent of its contests.
Weather report
The temperature at Edgbaston is predicted to be and the humidity.
England vs India squads
England: Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Zak Crawley, Ben Stokes (c), Chris Woakes, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith (wk), Ollie Pope (wk), Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Sam Cook, and Shoaib Bashir
India: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna
Top players
Ben Duckett: England batter Ben Duckett scored 211 runs in the 1st match of this series at an average of 105.5 and a strike rate of 79.92. He has scored 1 half-century and 1 ton and achieved the highest score of 149.
Rishabh Pant: India’s Rishabh Pant amassed 252 runs in the 1st match and is the team’s number one run-getter this edition. He strikes at a rate of 79.25 and averages 126. He also has 0 50-plus scores and 2 tons to his name in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, 2025.
Josh Tongue: The England bowler scalped 7 wickets in the 1st match. Josh Tongue’s best figures for this edition is 4/86 and his average is 22.57.
Jasprit Bumrah: The bowler from India has taken 5 wickets in the 1st match so far at an average of 28.00. Jasprit Bumrah’s 5/83 is his top bowling performance of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, 2025.
England vs India head-to-head
England and India have faced each other 137 times, with England winning 52 times. India have also won four of the last 5 matches against England.
Prediction
India are predicted to win the next contest as they have won four of the last 5 matches against England.
