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1st Test: India pick three spinners, put in to bowl by England
Last Updated : 05 Feb 2021 09:36:57 AM IST

 

England captain Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India beginning on Friday here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

"We are going to bat first. We will try and get the best of this wicket with the bat, make a good first innings score and try and take the team forward," said Root.
 
"I do enjoy playing cricket in India. We are looking forward to a great series. We have to play at our best and we are very confident," he added.
 
For India, left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been ruled out of the Test. Axar Patel complained of pain in his left knee during Team India's optional training session on Thursday, BCCI earlier informed in a statement.
 
India are going on with three spinners -- Ravichandran Ashwin, Shahbaz Nadeem and Washington Sundar -- while Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah will lead the pace attack.
 
"We would have batted first as well," said India skipper Virat Kohli.
 
"It was an amazing phase for us, having a child is an amazing feeling and combined with the way the team played in Australia," he said when asked about India's historic series win in Australia and also about his feelings of becoming a father.
 
India need to win the series by one of the following margins: 2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-1 or 4-0 to face New Zealand in the WTC final, slated to be played in June at Lord's, London. England, on the other hand, need to beat India by one of the following margins: 3-0, 3-1, 4-0 to book place in the WTC final and face New Zealand.
 
"We are not thinking about the (World) Test Championship at the moment, just take one game at a time," said Kohli.
 
Playing XIs
 
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Shahbaz Nadeem
 
England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Jack Leach, James Anderson
 


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