Ind vs Eng 2nd Test | 'Very dangerous player': Ben Stokes on Rishabh Pant

Updated On: 02 July, 2025 07:46 AM IST | Birmingham | Santosh Suri

On the eve of the second Test, England skipper Ben Stokes heaps praise on India’s explosive wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh; Shubman Gill keeps playing XI a closely guarded secret

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India’s Rishabh Pant during a training session at Edgbaston on Monday. Pic/Getty Images

The England team is in a much better space ahead of the second Test, beginning here at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Having won the first game comfortably, they are following the axiom ‘If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’, and have decided to retain their playing 11 well ahead of the game.

On the other hand, India are set to make a couple of changes, but with captain Shubman Gill declining to reveal his cards on the eve of the match, speculation is rife about who those players could be. England captain Ben Stokes, at the pre-match media interaction, felt that the hosts had an advantage, being one-up. “That [win at Headingley] was last week. This is a new game, a new week, and it’s back to zero, with five long days ahead,” he said.

England captain Ben Stokes during a press conference yesterday. Pic/AP, PTI