England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first against Shubman Gill’s India in the opening Test of the highly anticipated five-match series at Headingley in Leeds.
Ahead of the toss, India’s Sai Sudharsan received his Test cap from Cheteshwar Pujara, who is in England as part of the broadcast team.
Nevertheless, England’s decision to bowl first after winning the toss is backed by recent history--each of the last six Tests at Headingley since 2017 has been won by the team batting second, with two innings victories and four successful chases of over 250-run targets.
IND Vs ENG Playing XIs:
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
India Vs England LIVE Commentary And Score:
Live Streaming:
The first Test between India and England will be telecast on Sony Networks and can be live streamed on JioHotstar.
