India Playing XI vs England 5th Test: Cheteshwar Pujara To Open, Ravindra Jadeja Picked Over Ravichandran Ashwin

01.07.2022 - 12:55 sports.ndtv.com

The India vs England 5th Test is about to get underway at Edgbaston in Birmingham and the tourists have been put in to bat by skipper Ben Stokes after winning the toss.

India have gone in with a 4-man pace attack with Shardul Thakur playing as the fast bowling all-rounder. In a big decision India have decided leave out Ravichandran Ashwin as they have picked Ravindra Jadeja in the playing XI.

First-time captain Jasprit Bumrah revealed at the toss that Cheteshwar Pujara will open the innings. Pujara has made a comeback into the Test team after scoring bagful of runs in the English County Championships.

Here is India's playing XI: 5TH Test. India XI: S Gill, C Pujara, H Vihari, V Kohli, S Iyer, R Pant (wk), R Jadeja, S Thakur, M Shami, J Bumrah (c), M Siraj #TeamIndia Playing XI for the 5th Test MatchLive - https://t.co/xOyMtKJzWm #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/SdqMqtz1rg India have also decided to stick to the pace attack of Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

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Cheteshwar Pujara, making his captaincy debut for Sussex, slammed an unbeaten double century (212 not out, 383b, 20x4, 2x6)- his third double ton in just seven games this season- to take his team to 494 for eight against on Day 2 against Middlesex at Lord’s on Wednesday. At the time of writing this, Pujara, who notched up his highest score of the season, was the third-highest run-getter in the County Championship Division 2.The 34-year-old has now scored 978 runs in seven games at a incredible average of 139.71, with his highest score being 203. His astonishing tally includes three double hundreds and two hundreds.

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