India Vs England, Statistical Preview: India's spin duo Ashwin and Jadeja will look to reverse fortunes at Lord's

Joe Root led England cricket team defeated India in their 1000th Test at Edgbaston. Now Virat Kohli is all set to face England in the second Test, starting today at Lord's after losing the opening Test match by 31 runs at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham.

For India, Cheteshwar Pujara will once again fight for his place with Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul while the chances of either Kuldeep Yadav or Jadeja playing at Lord’s are high.

Virat Kohli led Indian cricket team would expect its floundering batsmen to take more responsibility in pursuit of a series-levelling victory in the second Test match against England at Lord's.

Indian team have won two out of the 17 Tests they’ve played at Lord’s.

Stats:

Asian teams have won three and drawn two Tests at Lord's since 2014.

English Paceman James Anderson needs 6 more wickets to becomes the first fast bowler and second bowler after Muralitharan to take 100 wickets at a particular venue.

Rahane averages 64.50 in the second Test of a series compared to 25.75 in the first match of a series (including one-off Tests). He hits five ton out of nine tons in the second innings of the Test.

Winning Percentage:

Batting first: 36.03%

Fielding First: 27.94%

Asian Spinners Vs England Spinners last five match at Lord's

Asian Spinners: 25 wickets with an average of 29.48

England Spinners: 6 wickets with an average of 67.00

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

England: Joe Root (capt), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Oliver Pope, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Jamie Porter, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes.

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