List of venues in England where India have won at least one Test, Edgbaston joins the club
List of venues in England where India have won at least one Test, Edgbaston joins the club
India achieved their maiden Test win at Edgbaston, Birmingham as captain Shubman Gill led from the front with Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj playing starring roles with six-fors in either innings. Edgbaston was fifth English venue for India to achieve a Test victory in England.
Team India achieved its maiden Test victory at Edgbaston in Birmingham in their ninth attempt in 58 years, since 1967 when they first played at the venue. Birmingham became the fifth venue for India in England to get a win, as captain Shubman Gill reigned supreme, scoring 430 runs across two innings, ably supported by six-fers from Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep.
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India have played the most number of Test matches in England at Lord's, 19, and have also won the highest (3) at one venue in the country. The victories in Lord's Tests include the one in 1986, India's first at the venue and then one each in 2014 and 2021 under MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, respectively
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Like Lord's, Kapil Dev's Indian team was the first one to achieve a Test victory at Headingley, Leeds, as well before the trio of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly combined to hand the second win in 2002. India have won two out of eight matches at Headingley.
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The Oval! Similar to Lord's, India have played 15 matches at the venue, including the WTC Final in 2023 and have won just two, with the latest being the 2021 clash, led by Virat Kohli. Previous to that, India's only Test win at the Oval came long back in 1971, led by Ajit Wadekar.
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Another favourable venue for India in England, probably the most result-friendly, is Trent Bridge at Nottingham, where the visitors have won two and lost as many while drawing four matches. India's maiden Test win at the venue was in 2007, inspired by Zaheer Khan's spell and the second one was in 2018 under Virat Kohli.
