IND vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 1: England Win Hat-trick Of Tosses, Ben Stokes Opts To Bat First At Lord's; Check Playing XI Of Both Sides

Updates:

England captain Ben Stokes has won an important toss and elected to bat first at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground. Both sides have made one change to their XI, with the hosts already announcing a day before about Jofra Archer replacing Josh Tongue. Meanwhile, Indian skipper Shubman Gill announced that Jasprit Bumrah has replaced Prasidh Krishna.

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.

Preview:

Team India have the momentum ahead of the decisive third Test at Lord's after a comprehensive 336-run victory at Edgbaston. Despite the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, the tourists hardly felt his presence as Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj had been given plenty of runs to play with as the batters amassed runs at will. With England requiring 608 for victory, they were bowled out for 271 on day five.

England will need all their departments to come together if they have to upstage a confident Indian team at Lord's. The hosts' bowling unit will particularly will be in focus due to conceding 400 plus in three out of four innings this series and above 350 in all of them. With Archer coming back to the eleven, the Englishmen will hope for some extra energy from the bowling attack.