In 2007, India had last won a series in England. India is currently leading the series 2-1 after the 5th Test in 2021 was suspended due to the spread of Covid-19.
The Test was scheduled to launch at Old Trafford, Manchester, but now has been shifted to Birmingham, a venue where India has never tasted success. Therefore, a lot of elements are uncertain for both England and India in this match. Here we are providing the details of the India vs England Test such as Time table,squads, pitch conditions, Dream XI, etc.
Squads
India
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal.
England
Ben Stokes (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Sam Billings, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope.
Possible playing 11
India
1 Rohit Sharma (Captain), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammad Siraj.
England
1 Zak Crawley, 2 Alex Lees, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Ben Foakes / Sam Billings (wk), 8 Jamie Overton / Jack Leach, 9 Stuart Broad / Jack Leach, 10 Matthew Potts, 11 James Anderson.
Match Prediction
According to the record, India are leading the series 2-1 and now they can’t lose the series, while England desperately need a win to prevent a home turf loss. But England’s recent form in Test cricket under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum is quite a level above. India too had a fine home series against Sri Lanka. However, it is hard to overlook the recent perfomance of England. We will pick England as the winner in the India vs England Test.