Sports News | India Opt to Bat Against England in 2nd Test, Rajat Patidar and Shoaib Bashir Handed Debuts
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against England in the second Test here on Friday.
Visakhapatnam, Feb 2 (PTI) India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against England in the second Test here on Friday.
Rajat Patidar makes his Test debut with the hosts also bringing in spinner Kuldeep Yadav and pacer Mukesh Kumar for KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj.
England have also handed a maiden Test cap to Shoaib Bashir, who replaces injured Jack Leach while veteran pacer James Anderson comes in place of Mark Wood.
India trail the five-match series 0-1.
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Teams:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes(w), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson.
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