ENG Vs IND: Ashwin In, Cheteshwar Pujara out of India's playing XI for the first Test against England at Edgbaston
Virat Kohli's men are set for the five-Test match series against England in England at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham. Indian fans including foreign media creating a lot of pressure on Virat Kohli.
It is well known fact that Indian skipper Virat Kohli's performance against England in England in year 2014 was not good. It was just like a nightmare. Kohli managed just 134 runs in five matches during his maiden Test series in England in 2014, which India lost 3-1 with one draw.
Virat Kohli will be desperate to prove he can score runs in England in the opening Test match.
Here's the Playing XI for the 1st Test match.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/ElgoH1fc94
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 1, 2018
England wins the toss and elects to bat first against #TeamIndia.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/GsI4pouM3c
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 1, 2018
India (Playing XI):
Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma
England (Playing XI):
Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root(c), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
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First published: 1 August 2018, 15:25 IST