In the second Test against England, India's captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat on Friday. The Indian team made some changes, including the Test debut of Rajat Patidar. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav and pacer Mukesh Kumar also joined the playing XI, while KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, and Mohammed Siraj were left out.
On the other side, England introduced Shoaib Bashir, who received his maiden Test cap, in place of the injured Jack Leach. The experienced pacer James Anderson replaced Mark Wood in the playing eleven.
The current series stands at 0-1, with England leading in the five-match series. The teams for the second Test are as follows:
India:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Rohit Sharma (c)
- Shubman Gill
- Rajat Patidar
- Shreyas Iyer
- Srikar Bharat (w)
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Axar Patel
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mukesh Kumar
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Zak Crawley
- Ben Duckett
- Ollie Pope
- Joe Root
- Jonny Bairstow
- Ben Stokes (c)
- Ben Foakes (w)
- Rehan Ahmed
- Tom Hartley
- Shoaib Bashir
- James Anderson
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