India delivered a remarkable performance to level the five-match Test series against Ben Stokes’ England side. After a five-wicket defeat in the first Test at Headingley, Leeds, India bounced back in emphatic fashion, clinching the second Test by a commanding 336 runs at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Defending a massive target of 608 in the fourth innings, Shubman Gill’s team bowled England out for just 271 in 68.1 overs. Play on the final day was delayed, with England resuming at 72 for 3 and needing 536 runs with seven wickets in hand.

However, once India took the field, they maintained relentless pressure, picking up wickets at regular intervals to seal a comprehensive victory.

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With the series now level at 1-1, India will head into the third Test brimming with confidence. The match begins on Thursday, July 10, at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.

Here are the records that India made after their win in the Birmingham Test

1 – India won their maiden Test at Birmingham in their ninth attempt since 1967. Earlier, they had lost seven out of eight Tests at Edgbaston.

1 – India became the first Asian team to win a Test at Edgbaston in the 19th match. Pakistan (8) and Sri Lanka (2) are yet to taste victory in Birmingham. Pakistan was the first Asian team to play a Test at the venue in 1962.

1 – India racked up their biggest Test win (by margin of runs) on English soil, going past their 279-run win back in 1986 under Kapil Dev’s captaincy.

1 – India recorded their biggest overseas Test win (by margin of runs). Their previous biggest win was by 318 runs against the West Indies at North Sound in 2019.

25 – Shubman Gill became the 25th Indian captain to win a Test match. Overall, India have had 37 Test captains.

1 – India won a Test match for the first-time after defending a score of 600 in Test cricket. It was also the second time they were defending a score of over 600.

1 – Akash Deep recorded the best bowling figures (41.1-4-187-10) by an Indian bowler in Test matches on English soil. He went past Chetan Sharma’s 53.3-6-188-10 in 1986 at the same venue.

2 – Akash Deep became the second Indian bowler after Chetan Sharma to take a 10-wicket haul in a Test in England.

6 – Akash Deep also became the sixth Indian bowler to take six or more wickets in a Test innings in England. The others are Ishant Sharma, Ladhabhai Nakum Amar Singh, Chetan Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

1 – Shubman Gill made the record for most runs by an Indian batter (430) in a Test match. He went past Sunil Gavaskar’s 344 (124 and 220) against the West Indies back in 1971 in Port of Spain.

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