England Announce 15-Member Squad For Fifth Test Against India
IND vs ENG 5th Test will be quite interesting. While team India will aim to win the match to seal a 3-1 series win, the hosts will try to level the Test series 2-2.
New Delhi: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has named a 15-member team for the last match of the five-match Test series between England and India, starting from July 1. Ben Stokes will be the captain of England in the only Test against India, while Rohit Sharma, who is yet to test Covid negative, will be leading the Indian team. The head coach and captain of both the teams were changed recently. This match will be quite interesting. While team India will aim to win the match to seal a 3-1 series win, the hosts will try to level the Test series 2-2.
The same players who got a chance to play for England in the three-match Test series against New Zealand have been picked for fifth Test against India. Only Sam Billings is the new addition in this 15-man team. Notably, it is not yet clear whether James Anderson is fit or not as his replacement Jamie Overton is also part of the squad for this Test.
England's 15-member squad vs India: Ben Stokes (captain), Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Stuart Broad, Harry Brooke, Jack Crowley, Ben Fox, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, James Anderson, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts.
India squad for England tour: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishn, Mayank Agarwal.
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