Published on: Aug 4, 2021 2:50 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 4, 2021 3:08 pm IST
Team India are all set to take on England in the 1st Test of the much anticipate five-match series. Both sides are on the back of defeats to New Zealand. Therefore, a win for either team in the 1st Test followed by the series could be of high value for the time to come. India and England are stacked with star players who can contribute in all departments at will, and it has all the elements of a cracking affair.
Fixture Name: 1st Test, England vs India
Date: 4 August
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Ground: Trent Bridge
TOSS UPADTE: England have won the toss and will bat first.
WK: J Buttler, R Pant (vc) BAT: V Kohli, J Root, R Burns AR: R Ashwin, S Curran (c) BOW: J Anderson, M Shami, J Bumrah, M Wood
ENG Confirmed 11
Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow, Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler(w), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
James Anderson, Sam Curran an Joe Root
IND Confirmed 11
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli an Mohammed Shami
The match can be streamed live on Sony Liv.
The match will be broadcasted live on the Sony Sports Network.
England Squad
Dan Lawrence, Zak Crawley, Rory Burns, Craig Overton, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Joe Root (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Dominic Sibley, Jos Buttler, Haseeb Hameed, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson
India Squad
Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Wriddhiman Saha