IND vs ENG | England tour of India, 3rd Test Match | 24-02-2021 14:30

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Match : India vs England

Series : England tour of India, 2021.

Date : 24 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue : Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad.

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England won the toss and have opted to Bat.

Change in Team 1 :-  

IN :- W Sunder, J Archer

OUT :- A Patel, D Bess

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(WK), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

England (Playing XI): Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(WK), Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

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 Probable XI :- 

India :-

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

England :-

Rory Burns/Zak Crawley, Dom Sibley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(WK), Dom Bess/Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, James Anderson.

 Pitch & Weather Report : - 

With this being the first-ever Test match at the Sardar Patel Stadium, there is a sense of uncertainty around the surface. However, The track will be a turned as said by the officials giving help to the spin bowlers once again.

The weather of Ahmedabad will be hot and sunny and it will remain the same throughout the day. The temperature is expected to be 20-30°C on all the five days of the Test match.There are no chances of rain-interruptions during the game..

----News & Analysis----

India(IND)

• India bounced back from their opening defeat, as they dominated the 2nd test match and registered a 317 runs victory over England and will hope to get another win and inch closer to a place in the World Test Championship final.
• Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will open the inning for the India team.Rohit Sharma scored brilliantly 161 runs in 1st innings of 2nd Test match.
• Cheteshwar Pujara will bat at No 03. He is very good batsman in Test matches and able to hold the innings and paly a big knock.
• Skipper Virat Kohli will bat at No 04. He is world class batsman.He scored 62 runs in second innings.
• Ajinkya Rahane is another very good Test batsman at No 05. He scored 67 runs in 1st innings.
• Rishabh Pant(WK) will bat at no. 6.He scored 58 runs in 1st innings of 2nd Test.
• Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel will follow next in batting. Both are good lower middle batsman and very good spinner as well.Ravichandran Ashwin registered brilliant century in 2nd innings of second Test. 
• Ravichandran Ashwin and and Axar Patel will take care of spin bowling.Ashwin picked 5 wickets in 1st innings and 3 wickets in 2nd innings , While Axar Palet picked 2 wickets in 1st innings and 5 wickets in 2nd innings.
• Jasprit Burmah and Ishant Sharma will lead the pace attack along with Umesh Yadav.Ishant Sharma picked up 2 wickets in innings.

England(ENG)

• England faced a lot of criticism even from their former players due to their rotation policy.
• England did not play James Anderson in the last game due to their players rotation policy, but he is likely to return in this game.
• Jonny Bairstow and Zak Crawley are back in the Squad and are likely to play in place of O Pope and Dan Lawrence.
• James Anderson and Jofra Archer are set to return in this match.
• Rory Burns/Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley will open the innings for team. Rory Burns scoed 25 runs in 2nd innings of 2nd Test.
• Jonny Bairstow will bat at No 03. He is a attacking batsman and able to play a big knock.
• Skipper Joe Root will bat at No 04. He is the experienced Test batsman and registered brilliant double century in 1st Test but In 2nd Test scored only 33 runs in 2nd innings.
• 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 Dom Bess/Chris Woakes.
• Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, James Anderson and may be Chris Woakes will lead the pace attack. 
• Jack Leach will lead the spin along with may be Dom Bess. Jack Leach picked up 2 wickets in 1st innings and 4 wickets in 2nd innings of 2nd Test.

 Last Five Match Record 

India : W, L, W, D, W

England : L, W, W, W, D

 Head to Head Matches 

Total Match Played : 124

India Won : 27

England Won : 48

Draw : 49

 Top picks Players :- 

• Virat Kohli 
• Cheteshwar Pujara
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Rohit Sharma
• Joe Root
• Ben Stokes
• Jonny Bairstow
• Jofra Archer

 Squads : - 

India :-

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

England :-

Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(C), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(WK), Jofra Archer, Olly Stone, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Dominic Bess, Zak Crawley.

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