The Indian Cricket Team is now in England for their Test, ODI and T20 Series there. There will be 1 Test which is a rescheduled Test from 2021 which was abandoned due to Covid-19. There will be 3 ODI and 3 T20s in the series. The Test is in Birmingham and it is a big match for both the teams. England has been winning the Pataudi Series Trophy since 2011.
In The Test Series in 2021, 4 matches took place successfully and India won 2 of them and England won 1 while the one remaining was drawn. India will try to win the match and if not that they will be okay with the match ending in a draw as they are leading the series by 2-1 and a win or draw will end in a series win for India. Regardless it is important for India to win the match keeping in mind the World Test Championship.
The 5th and Final Test which is rescheduled for last year will start today. The match is being played in Birmingham and the fans could not be more excited for the match as it is a historic match and it is very important for both the teams to win the match. The Indian squad was announced a month ago while the England squad has been announced just a couple of days back.
The toss was won by England and they have opted to Bowl first. Ben Stokes said that the pitch looks good and they hope to get early wickets in the morning. Pujara will be Opening the innings for India and that means we will see Virat Kohli in his former place which is at No 3. It was shocking when India chose Jadeja as their spinning option and not Ashwin. England had already revelead their team yesterday so no shocks there. The 5 day match will start at 3 pm IST.
Playing 11:
India’s Playing 11: Shubman Gill, Chesteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(VC)(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj.
England’s Playing 11: Alex Lees, Zack Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Johnny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(C), Sam Billings(wk), Mathew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson.