IND vs ENG 3rd test : The third Test match of the current Test series between India and England will start from Thursday 15 February. This match is to be played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. For this, England has announced its playing eleven. Mark Wood, who played his first Test match in Hyderabad, has returned to the team.
It has been told by the England Cricket Board that a change has been made in the team. Experienced Mark Wood has been included in the team for this match. Spinner Shoaib Bashir has not been included in the final eleven.
This change means that the England team will enter the third match with two spinners and very fast bowlers. Joe Root will be the fifth bowler as a part-time bowler.
Ben Stock’s 100th test match
Rajkot Test match will be special for England captain Ben Stock, because the match at this stage will be Ben Stock’s 100th test match. With this, Ben Stokes will become the 74th cricketer in cricket history to play 100 Tests.
Ben Stokes made his Test debut in 2013 and became the Test captain in 2022. This left-handed batsman has performed brilliantly so far.
He is one of the top all-rounders in the world. Ben Stokes has scored 6251 runs in 99 test matches for England. During this period he has scored 13 centuries and 31 half-centuries.
England’s playing XI in IND vs ENG 3rd test:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Fox, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson
India’s probable playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel/KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Axar Patel/Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Mukesh Kumar.
