IND vs ENG 5th Test: The last match of the five-Test series between India and England is being played in Dharamshala from today. The Indian team is leading 3-1 in the series. In the Dharamshala Test, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first. Mark Wood has been given a chance in place of Ollie Robinson. Jasprit Bumrah has returned to India’s playing 11 while Devdutt Padikkal will debut.
IND vs ENG 5th Test: The last match of the five-Test series between India and England is being played in Dharamshala from today. The Indian team is leading 3-1 in the series. In the Dharamshala Test, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first. Mark Wood has been given a chance in place of Ollie Robinson. Jasprit Bumrah has returned to India’s playing 11 while Devdutt Padikkal will debut.
Akashdeep, who took 3 wickets in the last match, has been dropped from the playing 11. Similarly, Rajat Patidar is also not a part of the playing 11. Rohit Sharma told that he got injured on Wednesday evening. In his place, Devdutt Padikkal has been given a chance to debut. BCCI has also updated that Rajat Patidar suffered an injury to his left ankle during Team India’s practice session on March 6. He was not available for selection for the 5th Test.
India’s playing 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
England’s playing 11
Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Fox (wk), Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson, Mark Wood.
Ashwin and Bairstow’s 100th test
Dharamshala Test is going to be the 100th test match of Ravichandran Ashwin from India and Jonny Bairstow from England. Whereas Bairstow needs 26 runs to complete his 6 thousand test runs. Similarly, England’s experienced fast bowler James Anderson is just 2 wickets away from his 700 Test wickets. At the same time, Indian young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is also just 29 runs away from his 1000 Test runs.