England vs India Tips second Test Tips, Predictions and Bet Builder

England chased down 371 to seal a five-wicket win over India in the first Test at Headingley and James Milton is looking forward to another exciting contest at Edgbaston.

India were in the ascendancy for much of the Leeds Test but dropped catches, lower-order batting collapses and a limp second-innings display with the ball opened the door for England.

England vs India second Test Tips Summary

Market	Tip	Odds
Match Result	England	8/11
Best Bet	Jamie Smith to score most first-innings sixes for England	3/1
Bet Builder	Joe Root to score first-innings fifty, Ollie Pope over 28.5 first-innings runs, Sai Sudharsan 5+ fours	15/2

Key Match Stats

• Ben Duckett has scored 140, 62 and 149 in his first three innings of England's home Test summer.

• England have lost three of their last five Tests at Edgbaston.

• Joe Root has made 31, 142 not out, 118 not out, 46 and 87 in his last three Edgbaston Tests.

• India's bottom four batsmen contributed just nine runs in eight innings in the first Test.

• India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has scored five of his eight Test centuries against England.

England vs India second Test Prediction

Best Bet: Jamie Smith to score most first-innings sixes for England @ 3/1

England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith scored 40 and 44 not out in the first Test, hitting three of his side's eight sixes in the match.

Smith is a fantastic ball-striker with licence to attack at number seven and he lit up Edgbaston last year, thumping 95 off 109 balls to give England a decisive first-innings lead over the West Indies.

The Surrey man has struck 18 sixes in his first 18 Test innings and he may well add to that tally in this week's clash with India.

James Milton explains:

Jamie Smith helped England race to their target in Leeds, sealing victory with a couple of massive sixes off Ravindra Jadeja, and he knows Edgbaston well after playing there for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.

England vs India second Test Bet Builder Tip

• Joe Root to score first-innings fifty

• Ollie Pope over 28.5 first-innings runs

• Sai Sudharsan 5+ fours

  
  Pays 15/2

Joe Root has a sensational Test record at Edgbaston, reaching 50 in eight of his 16 innings, and he finished unbeaten on 53 in the Headingley run-chase.

Ollie Pope looks underrated in the runs market despite scoring 77, 66, 24, 171 and 106 in the first innings of his last five Test matches.

India debutant Sai Sudharsan was dismissed for a duck in his first innings in Leeds but bounced back with a knock of 30, featuring four boundaries, second time around.

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James Milton adds:

With dry weather forecast for the first three days, batsmen should prosper at Edgbaston. Joe Root and Ollie Pope are full of confidence after their fine starts to the summer and India's number three Sai Sudharsan, the leading runscorer in this season's IPL, can showcase his range of attacking strokes.

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Tactics, Form and Team News

England have named the same 11 who won the first Test at Headingley so fast bowler Jofra Archer will have to wait a little longer for his return to the team.

The injury-hit paceman, whose last Test appearance came on the tour of India in February 2021, will not be released to play for Sussex in the County Championship as he targets a comeback in the third Test at Lord's.

England beat the West Indies by 10 wickets at Edgbaston last summer after recovering from 54-5 to post 376 in their first innings thanks to Root (87), Ben Stokes (54), Smith (95) and Chris Woakes (62).

Expected England lineup: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (c), 7 Jamie Smith (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Josh Tongue, 11 Shoaib Bashir

While England are unchanged, India's selectors have had plenty to think about after the defeat in Leeds.

Assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate hinted that the tourists will play two spinners so either Washington Sundar or Kuldeep Yadaj will join Ravindra Jadeja in the team.

All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who scored a brilliant century from number eight against Australia in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, should replace Shardul Thakur.

The big question mark is whether or not star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will be rested. India have reportedly planned for Bumrah to play only three of the five Tests but he was outstanding at Headingley, taking 5-83 in the first innings, and they will make their decision on Wednesday morning.

Expected India lineup: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Shubman Gill (c), 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Karun Nair, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 9 Washington Sundar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj

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