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India elect to bat in third Test against England; Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel to make Test debut

The series is locked at 1-1 as England captain Ben Stokes is appearing in his 100th Test in Rajkot

PTI Rajkot Published 15.02.24, 09:29 AM
India's Shubman Gill and Srikar Bharat during a practice session ahead of the third Test match between India and England, at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium

India's Shubman Gill and Srikar Bharat during a practice session ahead of the third Test match between India and England, at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium PTI

India 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.

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India handed debuts to middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan, a heavy scorer in domestic cricket for Mumbai, and 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.

Teams: India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.

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