India and England The second match of the five-Test series between will be played in Visakhapatnam. This match is going to start from 2nd February. Team India was defeated in the first match of the series. Meanwhile, England has announced its playing XI for the second test match. He has made two changes in his team for the second test match.

Let us tell you that James Anderson has returned to the England team for the second test match. He has been included in the team in place of Mark Wood. Young spinner Shoaib Bashir has got a chance to debut in place of injured Jack Leach. Like the first Test match, the England team will enter this match with three spinners each.

Jack Leach was injured in the first test match

Jack Leach was injured on the second day of the first Test. The 32-year-old bowled 26 overs in the first innings while bowling only ten overs in the next innings. He did not attend the training session on Wednesday and the England captain later confirmed this. With his exit, Shoaib Bashir now has a golden opportunity and he would like to capitalize on this opportunity.

If we talk about India team india Trailing 1-0 in the 5-match series. The absence of key players has increased his problems. Virat Kohli had taken a break from the first two matches. After this, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul were ruled out of the second test due to injury. Due to this, the batting line-up of the team led by Rohit Sharma has become weak. Now it will be interesting to see what changes Team India makes in its playing XI for the second test match.

England’s playing XI for the second test match against India

• jack crawley
• ben duckett
• Ollie Pope
• Joe Root
• jonny bairstow
• Ben Stokes (captain)
• ben fox
• Rehan Ahmed
• Tom Hartley
• Shoaib Bashir
• james anderson