England vs India 2nd Test - Fantasy Cricket Tips, Key Players, Probable XIs, Captain, Vice-Captain & More

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After a gap of seven days, England (ENG) and India (IND) are set to lock horns again in the second Test of a five-match series in England. The match will be played at Edgbaston Stadium from July 2 to July 6. The hosts England registered a convincing five-wicket win in the first Test at Headingley, Leeds while successfully chasing a target of 371 runs on day five. The Indian team had a great time with the bat with players like skipper Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul scoring centuries as the visitors set a competitive target.

However, the Indian bowlers couldn’t dominate the England batters as the hosts didn’t have any difficulty in chasing the target and achieved their second highest successful chase in the format with Ben Duckett scoring a match-winning ton on day five. Now, India will be looking to have a different result in Birmingham and level the series by 1-1 while the hosts England aim to continue their domination and lead the series by 2-0. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the ENG versus IND 2nd Test match.

ENG vs IND Match Details

ENG vs IND Head-to-Head Stats & Records

England and India have locked horns 137 times in the history of Test cricket so far. Out of these 137 matches, England defeated India 52 times while India come out victorious on 35 occasions with 50 games ending in a draw.

ENG vs IND Pitch Report

The surface of the Edgbaston cricket stadium is likely to give an exciting contest between bat and ball and the team winning the toss is likely to select to bowl first at this ground. In the starting hours of the match, the pacers might get support due to the swingin conditions. However, as the match progresses it becomes a great batting pitch. Out of the 60 Test matches played at this ground so far the team batting first won 19 times and while the team batting second came out victorious on 23 occasions.

ENG vs IND Probable Playing XIs

England (confirmed): Ben Stokes (c), Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook (vc), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India (probable): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan,Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk),Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

ENG vs IND Full Squads

England: Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Ben Stokes (C), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer

India: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana

ENG vs IND, 2nd Test : Top Captaincy and Vice-Captaincy Picks

Rishabh Pant

Last 5 Test Matches

Harry Brook

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ENG vs IND 2nd Test: Top Players to pick

Harry Brook: Star English batter Harry Brook has been in great form in the last one year and became a crucial part of England’s batting lineup in Test cricket since his debut in 2022. He is also coming after scoring 99 runs in the first Test against India and will be finally looking to get the three figures in the second Test in Birmingham.

Josh Tongue: English fast bowler played a pivotal role in a win against India in the first Test in Leeds. With four wickets in the first innings and three wickets in the second, Tongue took total seven wickets in the match and played a crucial role in diminishing India’s batting tail after thee top-order set a momentum for a big score in both the innings. Now, England will be having high hopes again from their star right-arm pacer again to register another match-winning performance in the second Test.

Rishabh Pant: Star Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant had a memorable Test match in Leeds where scored a century in both the innings and became the first India wicketkeeper batter to achieve this feat. With total 252 runs in the first Test, Pant had a great start to the Test series and will be looking to continue his form in the rest of the games as well.

ENG vs IND 2nd Test: Players to avoid

Shardul Thakur: India fast bowler Shardul Thakur didn’t have a good outing in the Test against Englalnd where he failed to impact with both bat and ball.

ENG vs IND 2nd Test Fantasy Team 1 (Grand League)

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant (vice-captain)

Batters:  Joe Root, Harry Brook (captain), Ben Duckett, KL Rahul ,Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-Rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes

Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Josh Tongue

ENG vs IND 2nd Test Fantasy Team 2 (Head-To-Head)

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant

Batters: KL Rahul, Joe Root (captain), Ollie Pope, Shubman Gill, Harry Brook, (vice-captain), Ben Duckett

All-Rounders: Ben Stokes

Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

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