England win toss, elect to bowl against India in 2nd Test

Press Trust of India  |  London 

England won the toss and elected to bowl against in the second Test at Lord's here today.

With the opening day being washed out, the second Test has been reduced to a four-day affair.

brought Cheteshwar Pujara and Kuldeep Yadav in place of Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav in the playing XI, while England replaced Ben Stokes, who is facing trial for affray.

England had won the opening Test by 31 runs.

Teams:

India: Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma.

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

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