England announce playing XI for fifth Test against India, make one change

England have named their playing XI for the fifth and closing Test against India to be performed in Dharamsala from March 7 (Thursday). The guests have made one change to their mixture they most popular in Ranchi as they purpose to make it 2-3 within the collection. Mark Wood is coming again into the combo after lacking out within the final sport whereas under-fire Ollie Robinson has been dropped for the fifth and closing Test match.

Interestingly, amidst all of the discuss of relaxation and workload, veteran James Anderson is playing his fourth consecutive Test match on this tour. He has picked up eight wickets thus far in three Tests sending down a mammoth 94 overs, probably the most by a pacer within the collection. He now has an excellent probability to realize a significant milestone of 700 wickets in Test cricket. He is simply two wickets away from changing into the primary ever pacer to the landmark. Despite the situations in Dharamsala being extra like UK, England have resisted playing three fast bowlers at the same time as Ben Stokes stays in competition to bowl.  

Coming again to playing XI, Wood is coming again after a poor present from Robinson with the ball as he bowled 13 wicketless overs within the first innings and wasn’t required within the second. Instead he did effectively with the bat scoring 58 runs decrease down the order offering assist to Joe Root. However, skipper Ben Stokes defended Robinson revealing that the cricketer wasn’t 100% match and regardless of that, he fielded on all days of the Test match.

“You are more gutted for Ollie that something on day one, his back going, which affects the role he can play in the long run. He is more disappointed that he couldn’t help the team out as much as he’d like. The thing to look at is that he was out on the field, trying to influence the game even though he wasn’t feeling 100% (fit). A lesser man would have put their hands up, walked away, and not even tried,” Stokes stated on the eve of the fifth Test.

England playing XI for fifth Test vs India: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes (WK), Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson, Mark Wood.