Record alert! India hand England their worst nightmare at Edgbaston

NEW DELHI: India registered their biggest-ever distant Test triumph by runs connected Sunday, hammering England by 336 runs successful the 2nd Test astatine Edgbaston. The emphatic triumph not lone helped India level the five-match bid 1-1 but besides ended their agelong hold for a Test triumph astatine the iconic Birmingham venue.India’s thumping 336-run triumph implicit England astatine Edgbaston successful 2025 is present their biggest distant Test triumph by runs, topping a database of ascendant performances overseas. The erstwhile champion was a 318-run hammering of West Indies successful North Sound successful 2016, followed by a 304-run triumph implicit Sri Lanka successful Galle (2017). The 295-run triumph successful Perth against Australia successful 2024 besides finds its spot among India’s finest, arsenic does the 279-run triumph astatine Leeds successful 1986.India's biggest distant Test wins by runs:

Resuming Day 5 astatine 72/3 and facing a grounds people of 608, England crumbled nether sustained unit from the Indian bowling attack. They were reduced to 153/6 by luncheon and yet bowled retired for 271 successful the 2nd session.The prima of the time was Akash Deep, who produced a sensational spell of accelerated bowling to assertion his maiden five-wicket haul successful Tests, finishing with figures of 6/99.

The 27-year-old struck doubly successful a rain-delayed greeting league earlier returning aft luncheon to region Jamie Smith (88) — England’s lone combatant — and past sealed the lucifer by dismissing Brydon Carse (38).India's bowlers, led by Akash Deep and ably supported by Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar, ensured England ne'er got adjacent to making a contention of the last day. The triumph besides marked Shubman Gill's archetypal Test triumph arsenic captain, making it a landmark juncture for the young skipper.The bid present shifts to London for the 3rd Test, which begins connected July 10.