After Lord's loss, Old Trafford challenge awaits Shubman & Co

AFTER a disappointing loss at Leeds in the first Test, history was against India when they headed to Edgbaston for the next match.

- FIROZ MIRZA @ Manchester

They had never won a Test at the venue and were without their ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested for the match to manage his workload.

Indifferent to the past middling shows, Shubman Gill and Co, however, rewrote the history as they registered a comprehensive win by a record margin of 336 runs to level the five-match series in Birmingham. A 22-run loss at the Lord's Cricket Ground meant the onus will be once again on the visitors to defy history and score their maiden win at the Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester when they take the field for the fourth match beginning on July 23.