ENG vs IND, 2nd Test: No Jasprit Bumrah As England Bowl First In Birmingham; Nitish Kumar Reddy Returns

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England captain Ben Stokes has won the second consecutive toss of the series at Edgbaston, Birmingham and opted to bowl first. Although England have announced their unchanged XI, India have affected three changes to their XI.

They have brought in Akash Deep, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy for Jasprit Bumrah, B Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur. Gill reasoned the decision to rest Bumrah by claiming they are trying to manage his workload.

England playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.

Team India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Team India and England will resume the battle for the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy in the second Test on July 2, Wednesday at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The tourists will be keen to stage a comeback after a deflating loss in the series-opener at the Headingley in Leeds.

Despite a significantly inexperienced batting unit, the likes of Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul pulled their weight in the first innings. The likes of Gill, Pant and Jaiswal made centuries in the first innings, while Pant and Rahul peeled off tons in the second. However, the department hurting them the most was the bowling and fielding as the tourists had dropped at least six catches across two innings, allowing England off the hook. All eyes will be on their team combination and whether or not Jasprit Bumrah plays after a considerably heavy workload in Leeds.

As for England, they have announced an unchanged XI, resisting their temptation to include Jofra Archer in the team. Although their batting rode their luck in both innings to emerge victorious, it will still need some fine-tuning and so will the bowling.

ENG vs IND squads:

England squad: Ben Stokes (capt), Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes

Team India squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.

Published on: Wednesday, July 02, 2025, 03:03 PM IST