ENG vs IND 2nd Check | Bumrah rested, England wins toss and opts to bowl

England received the toss and opted to discipline on Day 1 of the second Check match towards India in Edgbaston on July 2, 2025.

India has opted to relaxation Jasprit Bumrah after a lot hypothesis on his workload administration. Akash Deep replaces the tempo sensation. Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur have additionally been dropped from the aspect that featured within the first Check match. Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy will play as a substitute.

Captains Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill on the toss throughout day one of many 2nd Rothesay Check Match between England and India at Edgbaston on July 2, 2025 in Birmingham, England.
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Requested why Bumrah was not noted, India skipper Shubman Gill mentioned: “Simply to handle his workload, this is a vital match however third match being at Lords, there will probably be a bit within the wicket, and we thought we’ll play him there.” There was additionally no Kuldeep Yadav and Gill mentioned they regarded so as to add depth to the batting following the defeat within the sequence opener.

“We had been tempted to play him however we considered including a little bit of depth in our batting,” mentioned Gill.

England had received the primary Check match in Leeds and discipline an unchanged aspect in Edgbaston. The host chased down 371 on the ultimate day to win the primary Check at Headingley.

Squads:

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

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ok.L. Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna