ENG vs IND 2nd Test Playing 11: Ben Stokes-led England will square off against Shubman Gill-led India in the second test starting on July 02 at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

England won the first test of the Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy and will be aiming to extend the lead. Meanwhile, the visitors are expected to bounce back in the test match to level the series.

Under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, the batting side coped well, but the lack of support from the bowling attack has led to India suffering defeat in the Headingley Test.

England has named their playing 11 ahead of the match, which remains unchanged. India has named their playing 11 during the toss where the Bumrah has been rested.

England Won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, Ben Stokes said, ” We’re going to bowl. Overhead conditions favour it. Did consider everything (bringing Archer into the squad?). Very good team performance last week, we’re confident.”

“You understand the conditions better as you go deeper into the Test. Brains and me and Baz are not three things you put together,” he added.

“Great run chase, great Test to be part of great start to the series. Last week is last week, need to concentrate on this week,” stokes concluded.

Shubman Gill said, “Would’ve bowled first as well. If there’s anything in the wicket, it’s in the first day. Three changes – Reddy, Washi and Akash Deep come in. No Bumrah. Just to manage his workload.”

“We did get a good break and this is an important match for us. But the third Test being at Lord’s, we think there’ll be more in that pitch so we’ll use him there,” he added.

“We were tempted to play Kuldeep but looking at the last match, our lower order didn’t do well, so decided to add some depth to the batting,” concluded Gill.

ENG vs IND 2nd Test Playing 11

England Playing 11: 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 Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (W), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, PRASIDH Krishna