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The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is at 1–1. India returned by winning the Birmingham Test by 336 runs. Earlier, England defeated India by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test. The third match of the 5 -match series will be played from 10 to 14 July at Lord’s.
The pitch of this ground, called the maize of cricket, is usually helpful for the fast bowlers, but also supported the last three days of the final three days of the final of the World Test Championship.
Understand the behavior of Lord’s pitch from the previous match …
South Africa won the World Test Championship title by chasing a target of 282 runs in 3 sessions against Australian bowlers. Three innings ended in the first two and a half days of this match played between 11 and 14 June. After this the pitch became easy to bat. Similar conditions can also be seen for the Indo-England third Test.
South Africa won the WTC title by defeating Australia by 5 wickets.
Possible playing-11 of both teams for Lord’s Test
There is no scope for change in batting, 4 batters have scored 200+ runs The scope for change in Indian batting order is negligible. Four Indian batters have scored more than 200 runs in the series. Openers are offering a good start. India’s opening pair has scored 456 runs in the last two matches. Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 220 runs with the help of a century and a fifty, while KL Rahul has scored 236 runs. His name is also a century and a half -century.
Apart from these two, captain Shubman Gill is the top scorer of the series by scoring 585 runs with the help of 3 centuries. Vice Captain Rishabh Pant has scored 342 runs including two centuries.
A change in all -rounders is possible, in place of beautiful to Shardul Ravindra Jadeja scored 89 and 69 not out in the first innings of the Birmingham Test. Washington Sundar scored 42 runs. He gave the wicket of Ben Stokes on the important occasion in the second innings. Seeing the behavior of Lord’s pitch in the WTC final, Shardul Thakur can be given a chance to replace spin all -rounder Washington Sundar.
Bumrah will play, will be famous drop After winning the last match, Indian captain Shubman Gill confirmed the play of Jasprit Bumrah in the Lord’s Test. He can be replaced by the famous Krishna. In the last match, he could take only one wicket for 111 runs. Mohammad Siraj will be second and Akash Deep will be the third pace. Shardul Thakur will be the 5th Pesar.
Possible playing-11 of both teams
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar/Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep.
England: Ben Stokes (Captain), Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Goss Etkinson, Jofra Archer and Shoaib Bashir.