Follow UsFormer Indian opener Aakash Chopra heaped heavy praise on Shubman Gill, Aakash Deep and Mohammed Siraj after India hammered England by 336 runs in the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. While Gill smashed 430 runs across two innings, Siraj and Aakash Deep shared 17 wickets between them as India registered their first Test win at Edgbaston.
“We made Bazball lick dust. We had never won at Edgbaston to date, but we have done that now. If we see the last few overseas wins, we have created history every time. We had never won in Cape Town, the Optus Stadium in Perth, and the Gabba, but we have won there now. We are conquering frontiers we hadn’t conquered thus far. This win needs to be celebrated. We have outplayed the opposing team in every department,” said Chopra on his YouTube channel.
“It was both record-breaking and record-making. History has been created at the Edgbaston ground. Captain (Shubman) Gill had laid the foundation with a mountain of runs. More than 1000 runs, the first time ever in the history of Indian Test cricket, and then if it was Miyan Magic (Mohammed Siraj) in the first innings, it was Akash Deep in the second innings.”
The five-match series is now levelled at 1-1. The third Test will be played at Lord’s from July 10. Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested for the second Test, will be back for India. Meanwhile, Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson are likely to return for England.