ENG vs IND 2nd Test Weather Report: Ben Stokes-led England will square off against Shubman Gill-led India in the second test starting on July 02 at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
England won the first test of the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy and will be aiming to extend the lead. Meanwhile, the visitors are expected to bounce back in the test match to level the series.
Under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, the batting side coped well, but the lack of support from the bowling attack has led to India suffering defeat in the Headingley Test.
England has named their playing 11 ahead of the match, which remains unchanged. It will interesting how India will field their playing 11.
ENG vs IND 2nd Test Weather Report
According to Weather report, the Edgbaston usually delivers excellent pace and bounce initially before settling into a flat.
Rain and humidity can leave some dampness in the surface. If it stays cloudy on Day 01 seam and swing bowling will be common.
A wet outfield can also slow down the scoring. The toss winning team should conisder factors in the both overhead conditions and how pitch will react as the match goes on
Day 01 – Periodic Rain and Thunderstorm
| Date | Time (Local) | Temperature | Weather | Humidity | Dew Point | Cloud Cover |
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2 July 2025
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9:00 AM | 16°C | Showers | 75% | 11°C | 100% |
| 12:00 PM | 19°C | Cloudy | 53% | 10°C | 95% | |
| 3:00 PM | 21°C | Mostly Cloudy | 36% | 6°C | 76% | |
| 6:00 PM | 19°C | Showers | 42% | 6°C | 76% | |
| 9:00 PM | 16°C | Sunny | 44% | 4°C | 0% |
Day 02 – Bright and Sunny Day
| Date | Time (Local) | Temperature | Weather | Humidity | Dew Point | Cloud Cover |
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3 July 2025
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9:00 AM | 16°C | Mostly Sunny | 62% | 9°C | 26% |
| 12:00 PM | 20°C | Partly Sunny | 41% | 7°C | 45% | |
| 3:00 PM | 22°C | Partly Sunny | 33% | 5°C | 45% | |
| 6:00 PM | 22°C | Partly Sunny | 32% | 5°C | 45% | |
| 9:00 PM | 19°C | Partly Sunny | 43% | 6°C | 45% |
Day 03 – Showers and mostly Cloudy
| Date | Time (Local) | Temperature | Weather | Humidity | Dew Point | Cloud Cover |
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4 July 2025
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9:00 AM | 25°C | Nice and Warm with bight periods | 83% | 25°C | 69% |
| 12:00 PM | 25°C | Warm and Sunny | 78% | 25°C | 69% | |
| 3:00 PM | 26°C | Partly Sunny | 77% | 25°C | 75% | |
| 6:00 PM | 24°C | Cloudy | 83% | 25°C | 79% | |
| 9:00 PM | 24°C | Intermittent clouds | 87% | 25°C | 79% |
Day 04 – Showers and mostly Cloudy
| Date | Time (Local) | Temperature | Weather | Humidity | Dew Point | Cloud Cover |
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5 July 2025
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9:00 AM | 20°C | Cloudy | 75% | 15°C | 100% |
| 12:00 PM | 20°C | Cloudy | 69% | 14°C | 100% | |
| 3:00 PM | 22°C | Showers | 61% | 14°C | 97% | |
| 6:00 PM | 23°C | Mostly Cloudy | 55% | 13°C | 81% | |
| 9:00 PM | 21°C | Mostly Cloudy | 61% | 13°C | 83% |
ENG vs IND 2nd Test Pitch Report
Traditionally, Edgbaston has offered pace and bounce early on. The match goes on the pitch tends to flatten out and become better for batting and then slowly offers turn to the spinners on Day 03.
The pitch got easier to bat on day 02 and 03 while day 04 and 05 cracks and rough patches which helps the spinners. Seamers who can reverse swing and spinners who can bowl will be key at this time.
ENG vs IND wnd Test Playing 11
England Playing 11: 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 Playing 11: 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
