Ind vs Eng, 2nd Test: India elects to bat first; Axar, Siraj and Kuldeep in XI

New Delhi: India received the toss and elected to bat first within the second Test in opposition to England on the MA Chidambaram Stadium right here on Saturday.
Hosts are trailing by 0-1 within the four-match collection after dealing with a 227-run defeat within the first Test. Cricket followers will enter a stadium in India for the primary time for the reason that Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020.

India made three modifications to their enjoying XI. Skipper Virat Kohli handed a debut Test cap to all-rounder Axar Patel. He missed out on the collection opener as he complained of ache in his left knee.
Apart from Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj are available in for hosts instead of Shahbaz Nadeem and Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has been rested for this match to handle his workloads. Washington Sundar didn’t discover a place within the facet.

Axar Patel makes his Test debut for India 👏
He will get his cap from Virat Kohli.#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/LowHqxx0jx
— ICC (@ICC) February 13, 2021

On the opposite hand, guests made 4 modifications to their enjoying XI. Pacer Jofra Archer was dominated out for the second Test on Thursday and Jos Buttler has been rested for the final three Tests. Dom Bess and James Anderson may also miss the second Test.
Ben Foakes, Stuart Broad, Olly Stone and Moeen Ali are enjoying within the second Test.

Team News:
3⃣ modifications for #TeamIndia as @akshar2026, @imkuldeep18 & Mohammad Siraj named within the enjoying XI for the 2nd @Paytm #INDvENG Test!
England make 4⃣ modifications to their XI from the primary Test & usher in Stuart Broad, Ben Foakes, Moeen Ali & Olly Stone. pic.twitter.com/ZaiDKCjn4Y
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 13, 2021

India enjoying XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
England enjoying XI: Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Olly Stone.