IND vs Eng 2nd Test: Historical Fightback! Shubman Gill’s record-breaking 269 Power India’s biggest recovery | Cricket news

New Delhi: India produced one of their biggest recovery in Test cricket after the fall of the fifth wicket, submitted a huge 587 on 2 of the second Test against England. From 211/5, visitors added 376 runs – most India scored at any time after the fall of the fifth wicket in a test innings, crossing the last 370 against the West Indies in Kolkata (2013).Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!This notable turnaround was led by Skipper Shubman Gill, who scored 269 runs off 387 balls, registered her girl double hundred in Test cricket. It was a historical attempt to become the first Indian and Asian captain to score a Test double hundred in England, and crossing the 221 of Sunil Gavaskar at Oval in 1979, the highest individual scorer for India on English soil.
Gill’s attempt was well-supported by Yashsvi Jaiswal (87) and Ravindra Jadeja (89), with a later partnership with Gill in the sixth-width stand of 203 runs. Later, Kuldeep Yadav also helped India post a total of more than 500 by a visiting team in Edgbaston, which was declared in 2003 since 594/5 in South Africa.
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This was the second time after the West Indies at Trent Bridge in 1957, a sixth wicket in a Test innings in England or a visiting team had a two -century partnership for Lower. This is only the second such example for India in a distant test, the first Kingston, 1971.After Shubman Gill’s royal dual century, Pesar Akash killed twice in two balls and left England on Thursday. In response, England stumbled 77 for 3 in stumps, with a large number of 510 runs.
Most runs for India in an innings after the fall of the fifth wicket
- 376 vs.NG – EDGBASTON 2025 (211/5-587)
- 370 vs Wi – Kolkata 2013 (83/5-453)
- 359 vs Wi – Chennai 1983 (92/5-451)
- 346 vs SL – Mohali 2022 (228/5-574)
- 326 vs Eng – Wankhede 2016 (305/5-631)