IND vs Eng: As India Chase Series Equiser, EDGBASTON is a cause for record concern. Cricket news
India’s victim for a series withdraws faces a difficult test in Edgbaston, one of his most challenging places in the test history. After heartbreaking in the headingley, where India left a major place and fourth paan target of 371 despite five centuries, the team will now have to break a record that has made them haunted for decades.Most tests by India at one place (winning without match) 9 – Old Trafford, Manchester 9 – Kensington Oval, Barbados 8 – Edgbaston, Birmingham 7 – Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 6 – Borda, Guyana 6 – National Stadium, Karachi
Edgbaston in Birmingham is one of the longest -last -lasting winning places in India. He has played seven Tests here and never won. The second test of this series will be eighth on this basis. Only Old Trafford in Manchester and Kensington Oval in Barbados have seen more Indian trials without a win, with nine matches. The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore has seen seven, while Berda in Guyana and six at the National Stadium in Karachi. In Headingly, India controlled large parts of the match, but was undone by the fearless pursuit of England. 149 of Ben Docket and Joe Root’s cool finishing touch gave India a defeat which would sting for a long time. Damage has left India below 1–0 in the chain, with pressure firmly with pressure.Quiz: Who is that IPL player? Another defeat in EDGBASTON will seal the series for England and add another chapter to India’s poor records at this site. History suggests that this will not be easy. The pitch, conditions and the trust of England are all standing in the way of India. A win here will break a zinc standing since 1967. This team will have to find something extra to re -write Edgbaston’s story.
