England opt to field in rain-interrupted Lord's Test

IANS  |  London 

England won the toss and opted to field against on the second day of the rain-shortened second Test at the Lord's here on Friday.

have made two changes in their playing XI by bringing in Cheteshwar Pujara and chinaman Kuldeep Yadav in place of opener Shikhar Dhawan and pacer Umesh Yadav, respectively.

The hosts also made a couple of changes by handing Test debut to young batsman Ollie Pope in place of an off-colour Dawid Malan, and brought in after being forced to drop all-rounder due to his ongoing court case.

Teams:

India: Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik(WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma.

England: Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, (Captain), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Stuart Broad,

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First Published: Fri, August 10 2018. 15:20 IST