By Admin 
In the fifth Test, England won the toss and chosen the first bowling. This is the fifth consecutive toss necklace in this series of Shubman Gill as captain. Ben Stokes is not playing the fifth Test, so England’s captaincy is Oli Pope. There have been four major changes in India’s playing XI, but Kuldeep Yadav and Arshdeep Singh have still not been given a chance in the playing XI. On the other hand, Jamie Overton has returned to the England Test team after about 3 years.
Jasprit Bumrah is out of the fifth Test due to workload management, Akashdeep has returned to the playing XI in his place. Akashdeep, who took 11 wickets in the series, did not play the fourth Test. On the other hand, Anshul Kamboj has dropped in his debut in his debut, the famous Krishna has returned to his place. Krishna took 6 wickets while playing 2 matches in the series but proved to be very expensive.
Rishabh Pant had a fracture in the thumb in the fourth Test, due to which he was out of the series. Pant will stay away from cricket for a few weeks, in his fifth match, Dhruv Jurlel got a chance as a wicketkeeper batsman. Karun Nair, who was seen batting on number-3 in the series, has also returned to the team, but he has been flopped so far. This may be the last chance of Karun Nair to confirm a place in the Test team.
India’s playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj
England’s playing XI: Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope (Captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethel, Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Chris Woakes, Gas Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tung
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