England won the toss and decided to bowl in a Test match played against Lord India at Lord's. During this time, the Indian team is batting first. Lokesh Rahul and Murali Vijay for Team India came to the opening. But Murali could not stand on the crease much longer and without opening the account, it got out. They were out on James Anderson's bowling. Shortly after this, Rahul also went on to make 8 runs. Rahul was also out of Anderson's bowling. Pujara also returned to the pavilion after being run out. Now again the rain has stopped the game ..
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For this match, both teams have made changes to their Playing XI. Cheteshwar Pujara and Kuldeep Yadav were included in Team India. England gave the opportunity to youngsters Olly Pope and Chris Woakes. This match will be crucial for Team India, which is headed by Virat Kohli, because the challenge of returning to the series after facing a defeat in the Birmingham Test match will be a challenge. Kohli said after toss that after watching the weather we wanted to bowl first.
The second Test match of the Test series will be played at Lord's. For this, the Indian team has pulled Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav out. While Cheteshwar Pujara and Kuldeep Yadav were included in the team. Even before the toss, there was speculation that this time the Indian team will be fielding with two spin bowlers. In this match, Kuldeep will have excellent bowling with Ravichandran Ashwin.On the other hand, 20-year-old Ole Pope Debut in England Simultaneously Chris Woakes has the chance. Ben Stokes and Moin Ali are not playing in the England team.
The first Test match of the series played in Birmingham was very bad for the Indian team. None of the batsmen could perform well except Captain Kohli. Kohli scored a century in the first innings and a half century in the second innings. Opener Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay returned for no special contribution pavilion. At the same time, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul and Dinesh Karthik did not last long on the crease.The reason why Kohli included Pujara in the playing eleven instead of Dhawan. However, Pujara was not able to do well in the practice match.
Playing XI of Both Team
India
- Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Ishant Sharma.
England
- Keaton Jennings, Alastair Cook, Joe Root (captain), Oli Pope, Johnny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Sam Cowan, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
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