3 big reasons why england lost birmingham test against India akashdeep shubman gill ben stokes ind vs eng2nd 2nd test

England Loss Reasons Edgbaston Test: In the Birmingham Test, India defeated England by a margin of 336 runs. This is the first time in the history of Test cricket when England have lost against India at Edgbaston ground. In the fourth innings, the English team had to score 608 runs to win, but in response, the entire team of England was reduced to just 271 runs and lost the match by 336 runs. Know here what the 3 biggest reasons for England’s defeat were.

1. Choosed bowling by winning the toss

England’s defeat was almost decided before the match started. He had decided to bowl first on the pitch of Edgbaston ground. If the weather had been raining in Birmingham from the very first day, the bowlers could have dominated, but Stokes had chosen the first bowling on a flat pitch. Stokes should also keep in mind that it has always been difficult to chase a big score in the fourth innings in Edgbaston’s ground. The Indian team took full advantage of the circumstances after receiving the first batting invitation.

2. England could not understand Akashdeep

When India gave rest to Jaspreet Bumrah for the second Test, the team management was very criticized by calling this decision completely wrong. Akashdeep was replaced by Akashdeep in the playing XI. Who would have thought that for England like Akashdeep would prove to be like ‘out of syllabus question’. Akashdeep took 4 wickets in the first innings and 10 wickets in the second innings. Unlike everyone’s expectation, Akashdeep proved to be the deadliest bowler of this match.

3. Bazball was heavy

England got a target of 608 runs in the fourth innings. If there is such a big goal in front, the batsmen should have played firmly, but the English batsmen were ghosts of ‘Bazball’. Ben Docket was dismissed for playing fast. Although the Oli Pope scored 24 runs in a strict style, Harry Brook, who scored a century in the first innings, was also in a rapid way of scoring runs, but LBW was out against Akashdeep. The result of this was that in the second innings, half of the England team returned to the pavilion for a score of 80, after which she could not recover.

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