IND vs ENG | England tour of India, 2nd Test Match | 13-02-2021 9:30

---Schedule---

Match : India vs England

Series : England tour of India, 2021.

Date : 13 Feb, 09:30 AM IST

Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Last 30 minutes update area

India won the toss and have opted to Bat.

Change in Team 1 :-  

IN :- A Patel

OUT :- W Sundar

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(WK), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj

England (Playing XI): Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(WK), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Olly Stone

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 Probable XI :- 

India :-

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar/Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma.

England :-

Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(WK), Moeen Ali, Jack Leach, Chris Woakes/Olly Stone, Stuart Broad.

 Pitch & Weather Report : - 

The Pitch of the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai will be great for batting initially but the spinners will come into play as the match progresses.

The weather of Melbourne will be hot and sunny and it will remain the same throughout the day. The temperature is expected to be 23-25°C on all the five days of the Test match.There are no chances of rain-interruptions during the game..

----News & Analysis----

India(IND)

• After a historic series win in Australia, India was expected to crush England in the four-match Test series at home. But things did not go as per the expectations and India had to face disappointment as they lost the match by a massive margin of 227 runs.
• Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will open the inning for the India team.Shubman Gill was brilliant on the Australian tour and also registered a good fifty in last game. Rohit Sharma is an experienced batsman. He could not look much consistent in his Test career yet and batted poor in last Test.
• Cheteshwar Pujara will bat at No 03. After very good batting against Australia, he continued his good form in the first Test and scored 73 runs in first innings.
• Skipper Virat Kohli will bat at No 04. He is world class batsman.He scored 75 runs in second innings. However, he scored only 11 runs in the first innings of previous Test. 
• Ajinkya Rahane is another very good Test batsman at No 05. He registered brilliant century in second Test at Melbourne. 
• One of Washington Sundar or Axar Patel will follow next in batting. Both are good lower middle batsman and very good off spinner as well. He scored 85 runs in the first innings of previous game.
• Ravichandran Ashwin and One of Washington Sundar and Axar Patel will take care of spin bowling along with may be kuldeep yadav.
• Jasprit Burmah and Ishant Sharma will lead the pace attack.

England(ENG)

• England continues their winning streak in Asia by winning the first match of the series, and they have won three consecutive games. 
• Rory Burns and Dom Sibley will open the innings for team. Both are very talented batsmen. D Sibley batted very good in first Test match and registered a good half century in first innings.
• Daniel Lawrance will bat at No 03. He is a attacking batsman.He got out for duck in the first innings of 1st Test.
• Skipper Joe Root will bat at No 04. He is the experienced Test batsman and registered brilliant double century in last game.
• Ben Stokes will follow next in batting at No 05. He is one of the best all rounder.
• Ollie Pope will bat at No 06.He is a good batsman in lower middle order.
• Ben Foakes(WK) will bat at No 07. He will be followed by all rounder Moeen Ali. 
• Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes and may be Chris Woakes will lead the pace attack. 
• Jack Leach will lead the spin along with Moeen Ali. 
• Ben Foakes will be replacing Jos Buttler as the wicket-keeper.
• James Anderson and Jofra Archer have been rested, and replaced by Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes.
• Moeen Ali replaced the right-arm off-spinner Dom Bess.

 Last Five Match Record 

India : L, W, D, W, L

England : W, W, W, D, D

 Head to Head Matches 

Total Match Played : 123

India Won : 26

England Won : 48

Draw : 49

 Top picks Players :- 

• Virat Kohli (This Series: 1 Match, 83 Runs, 41.50 AVG)

He is the class player and likes to perform under pressure and when challenges are thrown at him, he looked in good touch in the second innings of the 1st Test and is expected to score big in the 2nd Test.

• Cheteshwar Pujara (This Series: 1 Match, 79 Runs, 39.50 AVG) 

He was unlucky to be dismissed in the first test, he looked in good touch and he can score big, and is known for his big innings especially if India bats first.

• Ravichandran Ashwin (This Series: 1 Match, 40 Runs, 20 AVG + 9 Wickets, 23 AVG)

He was terrific against Australia. He was India's best bowler in the first Test as well. He'll be the biggest threat for England.

• Joe Root (This Series: 1 Match, 258 Runs, 129 AVG)

He was phenominal in the recent series, he scored a double century and a hundred in the two matches and won the man of series award as well against Sri Lanka.

• Ben Stokes (This Series: 1 M, 89 Runs, 44.50 AVG + 1 Wicket, 29 AVG)

He is in great form and will be very important for England. He is a single handed match winner.

• Moeen Ali(This Series: Yet to play)

 He has a decent record against India as an spinner. He’ll also add strength to the English batting line up

 Squads : - 

India :-

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(WK), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha.

England :-

Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(WK), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Chris Woakes, Ben Foakes, Olly Stone, Dominic Bess.

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