IND vs Eng 2nd Test Toss Winner: In the second Test match, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian team will bat first in this match being played in Birmingham. The Indian team has not given Jasprit Bumrah a place in the playing XI, and Kuldeep Yadav is also not among the last 11 players. At the same time, England had already announced their playing XI, in which no changes have been made.
After losing the toss, Indian captain Shubman Gill admitted that if he had a chance to win the toss, he would have bowled first. After losing by 5 wickets in the first Test, the Indian team has made 3 major changes in their playing XI. Sai Sudarshan, Shardul Thakur and Jaspreet Bumrah have been excluded and in their place Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar and Akashdeep have been included in the final 11.
If we look at the history of Edgbaston Maidan, the percentage of winning team here is 35.71%, while the toss losing team is 37.50% of the winning percentage. The special thing is that the Indian team has not been able to win any Test match on Edgbaston so far, so losing the toss can cause a big loss for Team India.
India’s playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.
England’s playing XI: Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir.
