Captain Shubman Gill is standing firm at the crease after scoring 114* runs
ENG vs IND Shubman Gill: The second match of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test series between England and India has started today on July 2 at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham. Team India, who batted first after losing the toss in the match, has made a great comeback on the basis of captain Shubman Gill’s century innings.
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In the match, Shubman Gill scored the 7th Test century of his career and now he has become the fourth Indian captain to score a century in the first two Test matches while captaining. So, at the end of the day, Shubman Gill is standing firm at the crease with 114* and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is standing firm at the crease with 41* runs.
Shubman Gill: England vs India 2nd Test Match, Status of First Day’s Play
If we tell you about the first day’s play, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bowl. After this, the Indian team has scored a total of 310 runs for the loss of five wickets after batting for 85 overs at the end of the first day.
However, Team India’s start in the match was not very special. Opener KL Rahul was bowled out against Chris Woakes after scoring just 2 runs.
However, Yashasvi Jaiswal played a brilliant innings of 87 runs with the help of 13 fours in 107 balls, but in the middle order, Karun Nair 31 and Rishabh Pant 25 got a start, but they could not play a big innings. After this, Nitish Kumar Reddy became the victim of Chris Woakes after scoring just 1 run while trying to leave the ball.
Stumps on the opening day of the 2nd Test 🏟️#TeamIndia finish Day 1 with 310/5 on board 👌👌
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 2, 2025
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Reddy’s wicket proved to be the last wicket of the first day’s play. Gill (114*) and Jadeja (41) made a brilliant comeback for Team India by making a brilliant partnership of 99 runs for the sixth wicket. On the other hand, on the first day of the game, Chris Woakes took 2 wickets and Brydon Carse, Ben Stokes and Shoaib Bashir took 1 wicket each for England.
