India become first cricket team in history to achieve this colossal feat after Edgbaston Test win
Published - 07 Jul 2025, 11:56 AM | Updated - 07 Jul 2025, 12:45 PM
The India National Cricket Team finally ended their long wait for a Test win at Edgbaston, crushing England by 336 runs in a one-sided second Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at the Edgbaston Ground in Birmingham on Sunday, July 6.
It was India’s first-ever Test victory at the venue, breaking a streak of seven losses and one draw in their previous eight attempts against England. The Shubman Gill-led Indian cricket team delivered a dominant performance against England, shushing all the noise around their aggressive ‘BazBall’ style.
They have not only dominated the second Test but also broken multiple records along the way. This historic win marked a big moment in Indian Test cricket, as they finally conquered one of England’s toughest fortresses in style at Edgbaston.
Here are the records made and broken by India at Edgbaston:
1. The Indian cricket team has not only crushed England but also entered the record books with a rare feat that only one team before them had ever achieved. With their commanding victory, India became just the second team in Test history to score over 1000 runs across both innings and take all 20 opposition wickets in the same match.
The only other team before India to do it was Australia. The Australian cricket team had scored over 1000 runs across both innings and taken all 20 wickets in the same match way back in 1938 against England at The Oval and again in 1969 against the West Indies at the SCG.
2. They have scored over 1000 runs in a single Test match for the first time ever in Indian cricket history. India has become the sixth team to achieve the milestone in Test cricket. Before India, England (1930), Australia (1934 and 1969), Pakistan (2006), and South Africa (1939) did the same.
Edgbaston remains unconquered for Pakistan and Sri Lanka
3. It was their first-ever Test victory at Edgbaston. India becomes the first Asian team to win a Test at Edgbaston, and it took them 19 matches to do it—the longest wait for any Asian side to win at an away venue. Before this, Pakistan needed 17 matches for their first win at Lord’s in 1982, and Sri Lanka also took 17 tests to win at Kensington Oval in 2018.
Other Asian teams, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, have played eight and two Tests at Edgbaston, but they have not yet won a Test match at this venue. India had previously broken long waits at other grounds too, winning at the Gabba after 16 tests in 2021 and at Newlands, Cape Town, after 15 tests in 2024.
4. India created history by beating England by 336 runs at Edgbaston in 2025. It was their biggest-ever away Test victory. With this historic win, they broke their own previous record of a 318-run win against the West Indies in North Sound in 2019.
Their biggest Test victories include a 304-run victory over Sri Lanka in Galle in 2017, a 295-run win against Australia in Perth in 2024, and a 279-run triumph over England in Leeds back in 1986.
Shubman Gill breaks Sunil Gavaskar’s 50-year record with historic Edgbaston Test win
5. At just 25 years and 301 days old, Shubman Gill has become the youngest Indian captain to win a Test match outside India. He broke a record that had stood for nearly 50 years.
He broke the record of legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who was 26 years and 202 days old when he led India to victory against New Zealand in Auckland back in 1976.
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