England have won the toss and have opted to bat first in the Chennai Test. It should allow them to make the best of the batting conditions ...
England have won the toss and have opted to bat first in the Chennai Test. It should allow them to make the best of the batting conditions even as India pacer Jasprit Bumrah gets ready to play in his first Test at home.
“We are going to bat first,” said Root. “We are going to try and get the best of this wicket, think it will deteriorate as the game moves forward and maybe go up down for the seamers and take spin for the spinners.”
He added: “India are playing some fantastic cricket, we have to play at our best and we are very confident. Let me try to get this right. From the last game Crawley, Wood, Curran, Jonny... are missing. Archer, Stokes, Burns are in.”
The big call for India was to decide on a replacement for Axar Patel, who complained of pain in his left knee during Team India’s optional training session on Thursday.
The team opted to go for a like-for-like replacement with Shahbaz Nadeem coming into the team for Patel.
“Would have batted first as well,” said Kohli after losing the toss. “We are not thinking about the Test championship at the moment, just take one game at a time. I come in, Ishant...
