India captain Shubman Gill lost the toss and was made to bat first by his opposite number, England skipper Ben Stokes, in the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. India made three changes to their playing XI, bringing in Sai Sudharsan for Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur for Nitish Reddy, and Anshul Kamboj for Akash Deep.
India Vs England, 4th Test Toss Update: IND Bat First In Manchester, Make Three Changes - Check Playing XI
India Vs England, 4th Test Toss Update: Shubman Gill lost his fourth successive toss to Ben Stokes in the tour. Shardul Thakur replaced injured all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, while Sai Sudharsan came in for fellow top-order batter Karun Nair
Haryana's 24-year-old Kamboj thus made his India debut, picked ahead of fellow seamer Prasidh Krishna. Kamboj received his Test cap from former India wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta.
England had named their playing XI a couple of days in advance, with the injured Shoaib Bashir making way for the 35-year-old Liam Dawson, who returns to Test cricket after an eight-year gap.
Playing XIs
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer
Squads
India: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell
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