India will be up against England in the second of the five-match Test series. The IND vs ENG Match Preview provides today’s match details for the 2nd Test of the India tour of England 2025.
IND vs ENG Match Preview- 2nd Test, India Tour of England 2025:
Date and Venue:
The IND vs ENG match will be played from July 2-6 at Edgbaston. The game will start at 3:30 PM IST.
Squads:
India
Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana
England
Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer
IND vs ENG Key battles:
KL Rahul vs Brydon Carse
KL Rahul’s now a senior member of the team, would like to lead from the front once again, having done so in the opening game.
Rahul will be up against Brydon Carse, who bowled well in the first match and would hope to deliver another spirited performance.
Rishabh Pant vs Ben Stokes
India’s vice-captain Rishabh Pant, who scored a century in both innings of the game at Headingley, would have to take the responsibility and prolong his innings, looking at the form of the lower order.
Pant will face the challenge of Ben Stokes, who was involved in a hard-fought contest with Rishabh during the first game.
Joe Root vs Mohammed Siraj
The battle between Root and Siraj will play a vital role in deciding the position of India in the upcoming game, given that Bumrah might be rested for the second game of the series.
Root started the series with a match-winning half century, while Siraj was impressive in the first outing, but wasn’t able to pick up a lot of wickets.
Harry Brook vs Prasidh Krishna
Harry Brook, who was given a lot of chances on his way to the score of 99, will look to cross the three-figure mark in the second game.
Brook will have to tackle the bowling of Prasidh Krishna. Although Krishna picked up wickets, but was very expensive in the first match.
IND vs ENG Key Players:
IND– KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
ENG– Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse, Chris Woakes
IND vs ENG Weather Report:
There are 91% chances of rain on day five during the game in Birmingham with a maximum temperature of 20°C and a minimum of 11°C.
Conclusion
India would like to bounce back after an embarrassing defeat in the first Test at Headingley.
As far as England is concerned, the Ben Stokes-led side would hope to replicate the good work that the team did in the first match of the series.
