England gained the toss and opted to subject on Day 1 of the second Test match towards India in Edgbaston on July 2, 2025.
India has opted to relaxation Jasprit Bumrah after a lot hypothesis on his workload administration. Akash Deep replaces the tempo sensation. Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur have additionally been dropped from the facet that featured within the first Test match. Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy will play as a substitute.
Captains Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill on the toss throughout day one of many 2nd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 2, 2025 in Birmingham, England.
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Asked why Bumrah was ignored, India skipper Shubman Gill mentioned: “Just to manage his workload, this is an important match but third match being at Lords, there will be a bit in the wicket, and we thought we’ll play him there.” There was additionally no Kuldeep Yadav and Gill mentioned they regarded to add depth to the batting following the defeat within the collection opener.
“We were tempted to play him but we thought of adding a bit of depth in our batting,” mentioned Gill.
England had gained the primary Test match in Leeds and subject an unchanged facet in Edgbaston. The host chased down 371 on the ultimate day to win the primary Test at Headingley.
Squads:
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ok.L. Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
