The first match of the series ended in England’s favor.
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In this prediction, get the best ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction, Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report, and Injury Updates for India tour of England, 2nd Test. England (ENG) and India (IND) will take on each other in the second Test of the ongoing five-match series. The match will start on Wednesday, July 2, at Edgbaston in Birmingham. England had named Jofra Archer in the squad for this game, but announced an unchanged playing 11. India might make a couple of changes in the playing 11. It is still not clear whether Jasprit Bumrah will play this match or not.
The first match of the series ended in England’s favor as they chased down the target of 371 runs with five wickets in hand. India’s top order had a terrific outing with the bat in the match. However, the middle-order failed to join the party. The top five batters made a total of 721 runs in the match, while the remaining six could score just 65 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant scored a century each in the first innings. KL Rahul and Pant scored a century for the team in the second innings. During this process, Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper-batter to score a century in each of the innings of a Test match. Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for India and took a fifer in the first innings.
England saw a century from Ollie Pope in the first innings. Harry Brook missed a well-deserved century by just one run as he was dismissed for 99 runs. Ben Duckett dominated the second innings as he made 149 runs off 170 deliveries. He had scored a half-century in the first innings and won the Player of the Match award.
Match Information- ENG vs IND Fantasy 11 Prediction
England vs India, 2nd Test
Probable PlayingXI
England
Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, JE Root, HC Brook, JL Smith, Ben Stokes(C), Chris Woakes, BM Duckett, BA Carse, JC Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
Bench: Jacob Bethell, J Overton, Samuel Cook, Jofra Archer
India
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(C), Karun Nair, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rishabh Pant, KL Yadav, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Bench: DC Jurel, AR Easwaran, RA Jadeja, JJ Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, H Rana
Pitch Report
Rishabh Pant IND | wk
Pant was the most successful batter for India in the first game and might continue his dominance here. He made a total of 252 runs at a strike rate of 79.24. He hit 27 fours and nine sixes in the match.
Stokes had a terrific outing with the ball in the first innings of the previous match. He took four wickets for 66 runs in 20 overs and picked up one wicket in the second innings.
Root was dismissed for just 28 runs in the first innings of the last Test. In the second innings, he guided England to a win with an unbeaten knock of 53 runs.
Shoaib Bashir- ENG | BOWL- 8.5