It is almost time when people around the world will finally see live action from the world's largest cricket stadium of the world. England won the toss and in most obvious manner chose to bat first.
Talking about playing XI, India brought back Washington Sundar in place of Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah in place of Mohammed Siraj. It means India has gone with three spinners i.e. Ashwin, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar.
Talking about England, the visitors surprised as they picked up three specialist fast bowlers and only one spinner i.e. Jack Leach. It means England is playing with Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, and James Anderson. England also brought back Crawley in place of Rory Burns.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah
England (Playing XI): Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(w), Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
Root said, "We are gonna bat first. Hopefully, we will get a big score like the first Test. Hoping the wicket will dry out as the game goes along. It is certainly harder and seems to swing more compared to the red ball. We are very excited to be here 1-1 and are looking to do well. Four changes. Anderson, Archer, Bairstow, Crawley back in. Burns, Lawrence, Stone, Moeen Ali out."