Chennai: England won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India. India will be led by Virat Kohli and England by Joe Root. The Indian team includes Shahbaz Nadeem, Washington Sunder and Ishant Sharma. Nadeem replaced the injured Akshar Patel in the squad. Today, India have three spinners. Rishabh will play the ball as the wicket keeper.
Dominic Sibley, Oli Pope, Dan Lawrence and Dom Best have been named in the England squad.
India beat Australia 2-1 while England beat Sri Lanka (2-0). The match is very important as both the teams have to win this series to secure the final berth of the ICC Test Championship. India will reach the final if they win the four – match series 2-0. England need to win 3-0 or 3-1.
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The Indian team is confident of playing at home. However, England are the only team to have won a Test series in India in the last 15 years. Last time India came to India, they suffered a huge defeat (4-0).
Indian team – Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin, Washington Sunder, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ishant Sharma
England – Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root, Oli Pope, Ben Stokes, Jose Butler, Joffre Archer, Dom Bess, James Anderson, Jack Leach
Captain Virat Kohli, Jaspreet Bumra, Rs. The Indian team is relieved that Ashwin and others have returned. Top order batting and spin are India’s plus points. The English bowlers will not be able to easily break the batting line-up of Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant. England have a strong pace line-up that includes pace bowlers James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Vokes and Joffre Archer, as well as all-rounder Ben Stokes.
England’s strength is captain Joe Root, who will play his 100th Test. Also experienced are Ben Stokes and wicketkeeper Jose Butler. Jaspreet Bumra and Ishant Sharma are India’s pacemen. The results of the Test against Siraj and Mohammad Shami, who had a stellar performance in the series against Australia, should be known.
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