The Indian cricket team won the toss and elected to bat against England in the third Test of the five-match series here on Thursday. The series is locked at 1-1 as England captain Ben Stokes is appearing in his 100th Test here.
India has made two changes for the third Test against England, as batter Sarfaraz Khan and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel have earned their respective maiden international caps.
They replace the out-of-form duo of Shreyas Iyer and KS Bharat. While Sarfaraz’s debut was much-awaited, as he has scored a plethora of runs on the domestic circuit, Jurel has been impressive lately.
The middle-order batter, Sarfaraz Khan, got the test debut. He is a heavy scorer in domestic cricket for Mumbai, as is young wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel, who will replace KS Bharat in the playing eleven.
England have brought back pacer Mark Wood in place of young spinner Shoaib Bashir.