England cricket team have announced their playing XI for the 5th and last rescheduled Test match against Indian team. The last Test match between England and India will start on 1st July. Indian team Skipper Rohit Sharma is likely to miss this game for India as he was tested positive for COVID-19 last Saturday.
However Indian coach Rahul Dravid said on Wednesday that Rohit is being monitored by the medical team and still can be a part of the Indian playing XI for this important Test match against England. England have brought back their experienced pacers into the playing XI namely Stuart Broad and James Anderson. The pacers didn’t play for England in the 3-match Test series against New Zealand. England won this series by 3-0 and clean swept New Zealand and now they are eyeing this 5th rescheduled Test match against India to level the series by 2-2.
Indian team haven’t named their playing XI till now as BCCI are waiting for the final updates from medical team on skipper Rohit Sharma.
England playing XI: Zak Crawley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Sam Billings (wk), Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson
