ENG vs IND Match Prediction: Who will win Today's 2nd Test between England and India?

ENG vs IND Match Preview:

After a gap of seven days, England (ENG) and India (IND) are set to lock horns again in the second Test of a five-match series in England. The match will be played at Edgbaston Stadium from July 2 to July 6. The hosts England registered a convincing five-wicket win in the first Test at Headingley, Leeds while successfully chasing a target of 371 runs on day five. The Indian team had a great time with the bat with players like skipper Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul scoring centuries as the visitors set a competitive target.

However, the Indian bowlers couldn’t dominate the England batters as the hosts didn’t have any difficulty in chasing the target and achieved their second highest successful chase in the format with Ben Duckett scoring a match-winning ton on day five. Now, India will be looking to have a different result in Birmingham and level the series by 1-1 while the hosts England aim to continue their domination and lead the series by 2-0. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the second Test between England and India.

ENG vs IND Match Details

Match	England vs India, 2nd Test
Venue	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Date & Time	Wednesday, July 2 - Sunday, July 6, 3:30 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	Jiohotstar (app and website) and Sony Sports Network

ENG vs IND Pitch Report

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The surface of the Edgbaston cricket stadium is likely to give an exciting contest between bat and ball and the team winning the toss is likely to select to bowl first at this ground. In the starting hours of the match, the pacers might get support due to the swingin conditions. However, as the match progresses it becomes a great batting pitch. Out of the 60 Test matches played at this ground so far the team batting first won 19 times and while the team batting second came out victorious on 23 occasions.

ENG vs IND Head-to-Head Stats and Records in Tests

England and India have locked horns 137 times in the history of Test cricket so far. Out of these 137 matches, England defeated India 52 times while India come out victorious on 35 occasions with 50 games ending in a draw.

Matches played	137
England won	52
India won	35
Drawn	50

ENG vs IND Weather Report

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ENG vs IND Probable Playing XIs

England (confirmed): Ben Stokes (c), Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook (vc), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India (probable):Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan,Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk),Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

ENG vs IND Full Squads

England: Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Ben Stokes (C), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer

India: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & 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

ENG vs IND Predicted Top Batters

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KL Rahul: Star India batter KL Rahul had a great outing with the bat in the first Test in Birmingham and provided strength to India’s batting order. THe opening batter scored total 179 runs in the match including 42 runs in the first innings and 137 runs in the second innings. Rahul also has a good record in England overall and will be a key player for India in the second Test against England.

ENG vs IND Predicted Top Bowlers

josh tongue from the 1st test

Josh Tongue:English fast bowler played a pivotal role in a win against India in the first Test in Leeds. With four wickets in the first innings and three wickets in the second, Tongue took total seven wickets in the match and played a crucial role in diminishing India’s batting tail after thee top-order set a momentum for a big score in both the innings. Now, England will be having high hopes again from their star right-arm pacer again to register another match-winning performance in the second Test.