Delhi: India needs only 7 wickets on the last day to win the second Test match being played against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham. However, the rain on Sunday disturbed the match, which is likely to start late on the fifth day. Given the weather conditions in Birmingham, it is difficult to say on which way the match will bow.

After gaining a strong lead of 180 runs in the first innings, India declared their second innings at the loss of 6 wickets for 427 runs, giving England a huge target of 608 runs to win. In response, England have scored 70 runs losing 3 wickets in the second innings. At the crease, Oli Pope 24 and Harry Brook are unbeaten on 15 runs.

In such a situation, where England will have to score 536 runs on the last day to win, India needs only 7 wickets to get equal in the series.

England’s second innings stagger, Joe Root is out for just 6 runs

England’s second innings started poorly, Jack Crolye returned to the pavilion without opening an account, while Ben Docket was dismissed for 25, Joe Root also scored only 6 runs.

Shubman Gill’s brilliant century in India’s second innings

Shubman Gill scored a brilliant 161 runs in the second innings for India. Yashasvi Jaiswal played 28, Karun Nair 26, KL Rahul 55 and Rishabh Pant played important innings of 65 runs. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten on 69 runs and Washington Sundar 12 runs. For England, Tung and Bashir got 2-2 while Cars and Root got 1-1 wickets.

Shubman Gill’s double century in India’s first innings

India scored 587 runs in the first innings with the help of Shubman Gill’s 269 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 87 and Ravindra Jadeja’s 89 runs. In response, England scored 407 runs thanks to Harry Brooke’s 158 and Jamie Smith’s unbeaten 184 runs. In this way, India got a lead of 180 runs in the first innings. In bowling, Mohammad Siraj took 6 wickets for India and Akashdeep took 4 wickets.