India Vs England, 5th Test: England won the toss and will look to give Alastair Cook perfect farewell party
After losing the series 3-1 in Southampton, Virat Kohli's men will take on England for the fifth and final Test match of the summer at the Oval, London. When Virat Kohli takes the field at the Oval, he should look to bridge the gap and make it 2-3 at Oval.
Joe Root led England cricket team won the toss and opted to bat first.
England, on the other hand, look to give Alastair Cook a perfect farewell by winning the series 4-1 while India will also look to spoil Alastair Cook's farewell party at Kennington Oval.Indian head coach Ravi Shastri has tried to keep the morale of the team high by calling it the "best travelling side in last 15 years"
In the past, Indian batsmen have enjoyed playing at The Oval, bringing up big individual scores. Will we see someone from the present squad join this illustrious list in the fifth #ENGvIND Test? #howzstat pic.twitter.com/1ORkvlYFrh
— ICC (@ICC) September 7, 2018
Proud moment for Hanuma Vihari as he becomes the 292nd player to represent #TeamIndia in Tests.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/M5qh0Y54E0
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 7, 2018
India Squad:
Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
England Squad:
Joe Root (C), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (WK), Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes
First published: 7 September 2018, 15:02 IST