The Indian men’s cricket team will play a stronger England in the fourth Test at the Oval starting on Thursday, following their humiliation in Leeds.
All is not well with India’s batting unit and the biggest problem is the performance of its three middle-order stalwarts — Virat Kohli himself, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ajinkya Rahane.
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Ahead of the fourth Test at the Kennington Oval, there have been speculations over changes in the Indian side with significant calls for inclusion of spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the XI. Ravindra Jadeja, who is the other spinner in the Indian team, remains doubtful for the fourth Test due to injury.
4th Test: England have won the toss & elected to bowl. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/PRqYHipeVC
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) September 2, 2021
For England, Dawid Malan, in his comeback match, was in good touch. Add to it, Mark Wood’s blistering pace and Chris Woakes’s incisive swing bowling and it is enough to ensure a bit of workload management for James Anderson. Jonny Bairstow is expected to keep wickets as Jos Buttler has taken a break with his wife expecting their second child.
That will be Lunch on Day 1 of the 4th Test.
After being put into bat #TeamIndia are 54/3.
Scorecard – https://t.co/OOZebPnBZU #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/GE6UOl89Ls
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 2, 2021
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England (Playing XI): Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root(c), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow(w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Ollie Robinson, James Anderson
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