The England cricket team is currently on Pakistan tour for a three-match Test series. So the second test match will be played between the two teams from Tuesday, October 15. England has announced the playing XI for this match today on 14th October.

So, regular captain Ben Stokes, who could not play in the first match due to hamstring, has returned to the English team. With the return of Stokes, the England team has become stronger in the second Test match.

Stokes will be seen playing in place of fast bowler Chris Woakes, who played in the first match, who has not been played in the second Test match. Also, young Matthew Potts has been selected in the England team in place of Gus Atkinson for the second Test match to be held at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

England’s playing XI for the second test match

Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.

On the other hand, if we give you information about the ongoing Test series between Pakistan and England (PAK vs ENG), in the first Test match, the host team was defeated by England by a margin of innings and 47 runs. However, Pakistan had scored more than 550 runs in its first innings, and after this it became the first team to lose despite scoring so many runs in the first innings.

Also, let us tell you that after the defeat in the first Test match, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the team for the remaining two-match Test series. Taking a big decision, PCB has not included many big players including former captain and veteran batsman Babar Azam in this team.