The last match of the five-Test match series between the visitors India and host England will start today at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. This Test is part of 5 match Test series played last year. At that time the 5th match in Manchester was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The same match is going to play 10 months later in Birmingham from today. The most interesting thing is that instead of the COVID-infected Rohit Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah has been given the chance of captaincy in this test.
India is ahead 2-1 in the series. That is, if the visitors win this match, then many records will be made simultaneously. India has never won a five-match series on the soil of England in its 90-year history. It will be their first series win against England in the last 15 years. Also, Birmingham can end a 55-year winning drought.
IND VS ENG 5th test: match Preview
The Indian team was gone to Birmingham to play the first Test in 1967. Since then 7 Tests clashes have been held between the two teams at this venue and India has not won a single match. The host has won 6 Tests and one match was a draw.
England has already announced their playing XI a day before the match. This show how confident is England team. While Team India has to address many things before the start of the match. India team playing the match with a new captain and probably also with new opening pair.
Playing XI: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Sam Billings(w), Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson
Probable XI: Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj
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