India 3rd Test Match Predicted Playing 11, Full Squad: After creating history at Edgbaston where they thrashed England by 336 runs, India will look to maintain the momentum when the two teams meet once again at Lord’s for the 3rd Test. In the last match, India, who were bereft of their express pacer Jasprit Bumrah, still managed to defeat the hosts, courtesy of some brilliant bowling by Akash deep and Mohammed Siraj.
It won’t get any easier for England on Thursday either as Bumrah is all set to get back to the team, most likely in place of Prasidh Krishna, who hasn’t yet fired for India. With a tinge of green expected at Lord’s, the trio of Bumrah, Siraj and Akash Deep will have a field day. England, who are expected to be more comfortable on this pitch rather than the Edgbaston one which skipper Ben Stokes had branded subcontinental, will line up with Jofra Archer, playing his first Test in over 4 years.
But the decision might prove detrimental to the hosts as the India batters have made the England bowling line up look pretty ordinary while the trio of India pacers will be a handful for the hosts. Also, India ar likely to line up with Washington Sundar again which will leave Kuldeep Yadav on the bench once more.
Predicted XI
India predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir
Squads:
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel, Sai Sudharsan, Arshdeep Singh, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav
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England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue, Sam James Cook, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell
