Arshdeep Singh: England has won the toss and decided to bowl in the match

Arshdeep Singh: The last and fifth match of the ongoing five-match Test series between England and India has started today, Thursday, 31 July, at Kennington Oval, London. In the match, host England has won the toss and decided to bowl.

Arshdeep Singh: At the same time, both the teams have made changes in their playing XI for this match. While England has made four changes, India has also made three changes for this Test match. However, despite these changes, Arshdeep Singh has not got a chance to play in the match. So let’s know why he is not playing in this match?

So Arshdeep Singh is not playing for the reason

Arshdeep Singh: Let us tell you that at the time of the toss, Indian captain Shubman Gill did not give any specific reason, just said that the management has made three changes. Jurel, Karun and Prasidh have been included in place of Pant, Shardul and Bumrah. There was no place for Arshdeep Singh.

Gill further said – This should be a good pitch for the bowlers. We expect to win every match, we have come close to victory and now an additional lead of 5-10% is expected, the players will put in their best efforts. We will try to score good runs in the first innings.

Playing XI of both the teams for the match

England – Jack Crowley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Britt, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue.

India – Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Siraj.