The first match of the five-Test series between India and England will be played in Birmingham from Wednesday. The match, which starts on Wednesday for England, is also special in that it will be the 1000th Test match of the team.
In such a way, the root-led team will want to celebrate the victory by winning the 1000th Test. But this ground in Birmingham's Edgbaston is unique to Indian cricket. The last match between Edgbaston between the two countries was played in 2011, in this match, Alastair Cook gave England a fantastic performance.
Six Test matches have been played here between the two countries. Where England have played five matches in their names, there is a draw. Now 7 years later, Virat Kohli would like to improve the record of Team India on this field.
13 July 1967, England beat India by 132 runs
4th of July, 1974, England beat India by an innings and 78 runs
India beat England by 12 runs, July 1979, innings and 83 runs.
3 July 1986, Indo-England, Draw
June 6, 1996, England beat Team India by 8 wickets.
10 August 2011, England beat by innings and 242 runs.
The first Test between the two countries was played in June 1932. A total of 117 test matches have been played between England and India, out of which England have managed to win 43 and India's share has won in 25. England has won 30 Test matches against India, while India's share has won six matches. There was no result of 21 matches.
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has said that he and James Anderson will be rotated in the five-Test series against India starting August 1, so that they can balance their workload.
The experienced 36-year-old fast bowler Anderson of England took a six-week break to recover from his shoulder injury, while Broad also suffered the injury during the county match at the start of the season. Broad said, "It will depend on toss, pitches, and workload. If two tests of 250 overs have been done then it is difficult to think that all fast bowlers will play five Tests in six weeks.
He said, "When the pitch is flat and the spinner is doing a lot of work, you do not have to bowl so much, but when the ball is the reverse swing and the pitch is green, then your work multiplied times." Broad also said that team management had already informed that rotation of fast bowlers would be done.
Virat Kohli has a chance to become number one in the Test rankings in the five-Test series against England starting August 1. If the Indian captain did well on England's ground, then he could be in the ICC Test rankings after beating Australia's Steve Smith on number 1. Kohli is 26 points behind Steve Smith, who is facing a 12-month ban for the ball tampering.
The batsmen have 5-5 batsmen in both England and Team India in the top 50. India's Cheteshwar Pujara sixth, Lokesh Rahul 18th, Ajinkya Rahane is 19th, Murali Vijay is 23rd and Shikhar Dhawan is in 24th place. England's Joey Root third, Alastair Cook 13th, Johnny Bairstow 16th, Ben Stokes 28th and Moin Ali are 43rd.
In the team rankings, England is in fifth place, if they clean sweep 5-0, then they can move to second place. If India is at the top of the table clean sweep, then it will turn 129 and England's team will drop to the sixth place with 94 points.
Team India's six bowlers in top 30
In the bowlers, England's James Anderson would like to strengthen his position at the top. Apart from Anderson, Stuart Broad (12) is the other England bowler involved in the top thirty. Six Indian bowlers in the top 30 are in the top 30, including spinner Ravindra Jadeja (03), Ravichandran Ashwin (05) and four pacers Mohammad Shami (17), Bhuvneshwar (25), Ishant Sharma (26) and Umesh Yadav (28) Are included. India's left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who has been troubled by England's batsmen in limited overs, is in 56th position.
Lalchand Rajput, former coach of the Indian cricket team, believes that the initial 20 runs in the first Test match of the five-match series starting in Birmingham against England for captain Virat Kohli will be very important. Rajput said to PTI, "Virat is a very aggressive player and he likes to lead the team further. Everyone's eyes will be on his display because his last tour was very bad.
He said, "They have matured in more than four years. Compared to earlier, they have started to understand their game very well. I will go one step further and say that the age of James Anderson and Stuart Broad has increased four years. They will not have the first speed, but due to the art of ball swing, they will be dangerous in England.
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