India vs England 2nd Test Day 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Akash Deep Up The Ante, England Need 536 Runs On Final Day; Gill Gets Another Ton

Pope and Brook survives and it is stumps. India will look to win tomorrow. 

2 runs conceded as Akash Deep keeps it tight. India are in total control here. Brook and Pope are playing it safe now. 

Akash Deep strikes again. He sends it wide of the crease and Root misses it. Out. 

Pope smacks Akash Deep for two fours in this over as England get 10 runs. Pope and Root will look to avoid losing their wickets here.

Perfect length delivery by Akash Deep, angling in. Duckett gets an inside edge and it hits the stumps. OUT. 

Stunning delivery by Akash Deep, towards the fifth stump line. Duckett tries to direct it to midwicket but it flicks the back pad and there was a sound. Akash Deep appeals, India reviews, flatline. India lose a review. 

The first over is a maiden over as Akash Deep keeps it tight. Crawley and Duckett start cautiously. 

India declare now as Jadeja and Sundar remain unbeaten, target for England is set at 608 runs. 

A full delivery by Root and Gill slog sweeps it for a six and receives an applause as he gets to 150. 

Shot. Jadeja gets his fifty. A poor delivery by Root and Jadeja cuts it late, wide of backward point and also gets his half century. 

Tea Break on Day 4 of the 2nd #ENGvIND Test!#TeamIndia move 304/4 & lead England by 484 runs! 💪

Third & final session of the Day to begin 🔜

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India in a commanding position at tea. They lead by 484 with the India captain slamming a century. Gill walks off to warm applause after he was congratulated by Stokes and Bashir. Gill would go big again as the conditions are really good for batting.

India LIVE Score: 304/4

India's captain adds a century to his first-innings double! Shubman Gill brings up his century in 129 balls. He becomes only the third Team India captain to score hundreds in both innings of a Test.

2⃣6⃣9⃣ in the first innings 🙌

💯 and going strong in the second innings 👏

Brilliant stuff from captain Shubman Gill in Birmingham! 🫡 🫡

He becomes only the third #TeamIndia captain to score hundreds in both the innings of a Test 👍 👍

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Shubman Gill doesn’t get the timing right — the ball dangles in the air for a moment, but falls safely. With that risky shot, Gill pushes towards the 90s.

346* - Shubman Gill vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
344 - Sunil Gavaskar vs WI, Port of Spain, 1971
340 - VVS Laxman vs AUS, Kolkata, 2001
330 - Sourav Ganguly vs PAK, Bengaluru, 2007
319 - Virender Sehwag vs SA, Chennai, 2008
309 - Virender Sehwag vs PAK, Multan, 2004

Another entertaining knock from Rishabh Pant ends in true Rishabh Pant style! Pant mistimes his shot off Shoaib Bashir and sends it straight to the fielder near long-off -Ben Duckett. A soft dismissal and a big breakthrough for England.

India LIVE Score: 236/4 in 46.2 ov.

Shubman Gill steps on the gas after lunch to bring up his fifty. He is the first Indian captain to score over 300 runs in a Test match.

England 378/3 – won vs India at Birmingham, 1 Jul 2022

South Africa 283/5 – won vs England at Birmingham, 30 Jul 2008

Australia 282/8 – won vs England at Birmingham, 16 Jun 2023

England 211/3 – won vs New Zealand at Birmingham, 1 Jul 1999

West Indies 157/3 – won vs England at Birmingham, 25 Jul 1991

England 124/2 – won vs Australia at Birmingham, 29 Jul 2015

India sitting pretty with a lead of 357 as the players head into lunch. The partnership between Gill and Pant has crossed fifty. They have scored 113 runs off 25 overs.

India LIVE Score: 177/3

It's all happening 😅

Big swing no ding from Rishabh Pant 😂 pic.twitter.com/bJ489vvEYb

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 5, 2025

Josh Tongue cleans KL Rahul with a beauty! Pitched right up and sneaky enough to crash right into KL Rahul’s stumps. Rahul departs soon after scoring an elegant fifty. With Rahul gone, in walks Rishabh Pant.

India LIVE Score: 126/3 in 29.1 ov.

Letting fans witness his blend of elegance and edge-of-the-seat moments, KL Rahul is leading the way with another fine fifty as India's lead approaches 300.

Brydon Carse gives England the first breakthrough of the day! The pacer gets Karun Nair as India batter edges behind for 26 - Shubman Gill walks in at 96/2.

India LIVE Score: 96/2 in 20.6 ov.

Dramatic over from Carse ends with a dot. Karun got hit on the helmet and almost edged one to the second slip. Five runs came off that over. 

India LIVE Score: 81/1 (17) 

KL Rahul and Karun Nair have resumed India's 2nd innings, and the visitors are in a hunt to extend their lead. 3 runs came in the first over of the day. 

India LIVE Score: 67/1 (14)

"Hopefully, we’ve clawed ourselves back into the game. I just tried to bat as long as I could. If I hadn't got out, we wouldn’t be in this situation now, but we saw (at Headingley) last week how quickly it can change. India are in the driving seat but hopefully we can put pressure with early wickets and make them crumble," he said.

The fourth day of the ongoing second Test between India and England is expected to witness weather interruptions at Edgbaston. As per Accuweather, there are 84 per cent chances of downpours throughout the day, with 17 per cent chances of thunderstorms predicted too.

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Aiming to bounce back in the series, the Shubman Gill-led Indian team will be looking to put their best foot forward in their remaining two matches. They are 0-1 down in the five-match series, having lost the first Test in Headingley by 5 wickets. 

"It’s unbelievable because I was waiting for a long time. I have been bowling well but not getting wickets. I have only got four-wicket hauls here, so getting six here is very special. The wicket was very slow but when you are given a responsibility to lead the attack, my aim was to not try too much and just bowl in the right areas and bowl with discipline. My mindset was to keep it tight and not give away runs."

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

India: 587/10 (151) - Shubman Gill (269), Ravindra Jadeja (89), Shoaib Bashir (3/167)

England: 407 (89.3) - Jamie Smith (184*), Harry Brook (158), Mohammed Siraj (6/70), Akash Deep (4/88)

India: 64/1 (13) - KL Rahul (28*), Karun Nair (7*), Josh Tongue (1/12)

Mohammed Siraj came up with a heroic effort with the ball on the third day at Edgbaston and took six wickets for 70 runs to help India bowl England out for 407 runs and take a huge lead. He got a promising support from Akash Deep who found four scalps as well. 

We are into the all-important fourth day of this second Test at Edgbaston, and India stand in a dominating position at the moment. India will resume their second innings from 64/1 with KL Rahul (28) and Karun Nair (7) at the crease. The visitors have a huge lead of 244 runs under their belt. They will be looking to set England a target of something around 450 or more to keep their chances alive for a win. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 4 of the 2nd Test match between India and England being played at Edgbaston in Birmingham.