News
India were crushed in the first Test match, similar to what happened on the tour of Australia. In the series opener, India were far behind England for the entire duration of the match. While India will be itching to strike back, Joe Root-led England will be aiming to win two Tests in India for the first time since their successful tour in 2012-13. Joe Root, the hero of the first Test match, leads a new-look bowling attack in the second Test starting Saturday. While James Anderson and Dom Bess were dropped, or rather rested, Jofra Archer missed due to injury. Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad made the playing XI. Virat Kohli, needing a win to match MS Dhoni's 21 Test wins at home, is under pressure. India also made a few changes with Axar Patel, who missed the first Test due to a niggle, making his Test debut. Fans are back for the first time in a cricket match after the COVID lockdown. Catch live cricket scores and updates of the 2nd Test match between India and England in Chennai here.
Playing XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(w), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Olly Stone.
For in-depth, objective and more importantly balanced journalism, Click here to subscribe to Outlook Magazine