England has won the toss and elected to bat first in the IND vs ENG 1st Test. Before the start of the match, the Indian cricket team’s ace batter, Virat Kohli, was ruled out, while England suffered the loss of Shoaib Bashir and Harry Brook.
England had named their XI a day before, shocking everyone by picking just four bowlers, while India has made only one change to their batting order, with KS Bharat taking over KL Rahul as the designated wicketkeeper.
IND vs ENG 1st Test: Playing XI
India cricket team: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
England cricket team: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, (c) Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Rehan Ahmed, Mark Wood, Jack Leach.
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