Team India has won 1-1 in the series by defeating England in his style at his own style. After this defeat, England head coach Brendon McCullum believed his team’s huge defeat in the second Test was a political mistake. Talking about the defeat, McCullum accepted his team at the time of the toss. Did not think that the pitch would show such a game and so many runs would be scored.
On the flat track, England gave India a chance to return after falling 5 wickets for 200 runs in the first innings. India scored a big score of 587 runs on the basis of Gill’s best double century. While the England fast bowlers looked ineffective, Mohammad Siraj and Akashdeep understood Edgbaston’s pitch and on the strength of their excellent bowling, they covered the hosts for 407 runs.
On the last day of the Birmingham Test, India registered a big win of 336 runs on the basis of 6 wickets in Akashdeep’s second innings. For the first time in Edgbaston, an Indian team has won the Test. In front of England, India set a huge target of 608 runs to win. It was impossible for him to win from here. McCullum said that he lost a chance at the time of the toss and lagged behind in the entire match.
McCullum told the BBC Test Match Special that, I think as the game moved forward, we probably saw that toss and said if we lost a chance there and it is probably right.
England also decided to bowl first in Headingley and leaked more than 470 runs in the first innings. Returning to the second innings, 371 runs in the fourth innings, chasing 371 runs, won. The coach further said that, we did not expect the wicket to play like this and so we probably misunderstood it. We had dismissed him 5 for 200. And we failed to take advantage of that situation. When you win the toss and bowl, you hope that the opposition team will not score 580 runs. At this place we were killed and lagged behind.