IND vs Eng Test Series: India vs England series has stood at a very exciting turn. In the Birmingham Test, Team India has registered a historic victory of 336 runs by proving big analysts wrong. Since England lost by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test earlier, the five-match series is currently on par. Shubman Gill has become the first Indian captain to defeat England in a Test match in Edgbaston, but Talking about the series, Team India has passed a long time to win a Test series on England soil.

18 year drought will end

It has been a long time for the Indian team to win a Test series in England. India won the last Test series on England soil 18 years ago i.e. in 2007. At that time, a three -match series was played between the two countries. The first Test draw played at Lord’s was, while India won by 7 wickets in the second match. Team India captured the series 1-0 when the third Test draw was. In that series, the captaincy of the Indian team was Rahul Dravid.

After that the Indian team has played a Test series on England tour 4 times, out of which the British won the series and once the series was spent on a draw, but India never won the Test series on England’s soil after 2007. Now Shubman Gill has a chance to end the drought of the 18 -year Test series win in England under his captaincy.

Series 1-1 equal, where will the remaining matches be played

England won by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test, while Team India has won 336 runs in the Birmingham Test. Now the third match will be played at Lord’s from 10-14 July, the fourth match will be played from 23-27 July and the final match will be played at The Oval ground till 31 July-4 August.

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IND vs Eng 1st Test Pitch Report: The 5 -match Test series between India and England is going to start from June 20. Team India has not been able to defeat England on its land for the last 18 years. This upcoming series will be very special because it will be the team’s first Test series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. At the same time, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will also not be part of the Indian team due to retirement. Know here how the pitch will be in the first Test match, the batsmen will have fun or the bowlers will wreak havoc.

Pitch report

The first match will be played at the Handingley Cricket Stadium. Usually the pitch here remains in line with the batting, but as the ball is old, the spin bowling starts dominating. Let us know that during the first Test match in Leeds, the sky can be cloudy. In such a situation, fast bowlers can get tremendous swing, if this happens, the batsmen are sure to increase.

If you look at the figures of Handingley Cricket Ground, then the success percentage of the target chase in the fourth innings has been higher. A total of 81 Test matches have been played on this ground so far, out of which the team that batting has won 29 and the team has won 34 times. The target of 404 runs has also been chased in the fourth innings here. However, Australia’s historic victory over England came in 1948. Here in the first 2 innings, batsmen dominate more, but in the third and fourth innings, bowlers start dominating.

India and England won how many matches, how many lost

If we look at the Test record of the Indian team on the Handingley Cricket Ground, then here he has played 7 Test matches so far. All these matches were against England, of which 2 won, lost 4 times and a match was drawn. It is one of the home grounds of England, where he has played 80 Test matches so far. In this, he won 37 times, lost 25 times and 18 matches were left on draw.

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The Indian cricket team won its first Test series in England in 1971. Then the team won 1-0 in the 3-match series. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India will want history in England. However, before this, the Indian team has come to play Test series in England. India has won the series only 3 times.

India won the last Test series in England in 2007

The Test series played on England tour from 2007 was named Pataudi Trophy. This first series was played under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid, which India won 1-0. After this, India has played a Test series in England 4 times, out of which she has lost 3 times and the series is drawing once.

When India visited England in 2011 and 2014, MS Dhoni was the captain. But both times India had to face defeat. In 2011, England defeated India 4–0 in the Pataudi Trophy. England won 3–1 in the 5-match series in 2014.

Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team visited England in 2018 and 2022. In 2018, England defeated India 4–1. However, in 2022, the Indian team was successful in drawing the series. This series was equal to 2-2.

Will Shubman Gill create history

The Indian team has not won the Test series in England for 18 years. Can the Indian team do this under the captaincy of Shubman Gill? Can do exactly, of course Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have taken retirement, but the team also has experienced players along with many young players. Along with captain Gill, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, KL are good batsmen as Rahul, while Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj are also a great bowler.

England vs India Test schedule

• 20-24 June (Handingley Cricket Ground)
• 2-6 July (Edgbaston Stadium)
• 10-14 July (Lord’s Cricket Ground)
• 23-27 July (Old Trafford Cricket Ground)
• 31 July,4 August (The Oval)

India’s Test Squad against England

Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep Yadav