New Delhi: In a record show in Edgbaston, Team India, directed by Shubman Gill, scripted the story by becoming the first Indian side to exceed 1000 points in a single test match, reaching a monumental aggregate of 1,014 points on the two rounds of the second test against the Engleter.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!He only marks the sixth time in the history of the test that any team has reached the milestone of 1000 points in a match, and it is the biggest aggregate in India in test cricket, eclipizing its previous 916 record against Australia in Sydney in 2004. Team India now joins an elite group which includes tastes of England (1930), Australia (1934 and 1969), Pakistan (2006) and South Africa (1939) in the legendary “1000-club”.
1000 team aggregates in a test
- 1121 – Eng vs won, Kingston, 1930
- 1078 – Pak vs Ind, Faisalabad, 2006
- 1028 – Aus vs Eng, L’Oval, 1934
- 1014 – Ind VS Eng, Edgbaston, 2025
- 1013 – aus vs won, Sydney, 1969
- 1011 – SA VS Eng, Durban, 1939
The whole of India of 1,849 points in the first two tests of this series is now the highest of all the teams in the first two games in a series of tests, stressing their domination in the stick and giving the tone to a series to remember.The total of India came from scores of 587 all in the first round and 427/6 declared in the second, fixing England a Gargantusen objective of 608 – the second highest of India has ever set in the fourth round and the second highest England was invited to continue at home.This historic feat was built on the back of stellar striker performance. In the first round, Captain Shubman Gill paved the way with a masterful 269, skillfully supported by Ravindra Jadeja (89) and Washington Sundar (42). Earlier, the 87 of Yashasvi Jaiswal and the 31 of Karun Nair had laid the foundations after a trembling departure.England retaliated through a sensational stand of 303 points between Harry Brook (158) and Jamie Smith (184 *), but Mohammed Siraj (6/70) and Akash Deep (4/88) turned the game with the new balloon, collapsing for 407.India then launched a granted counterattack. Gill (161) and Jadeja (69 *) struck again in the second round, while Rishabh Pant (65) and KL Rahul (55) delivered Quickfire cames to push the total of India after the 1000 brands before declaring.