IND vs ENG, 1st Test: team india Set to face England for a five-match Test series. The first match of the series will be played from 25th February at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad from 9:30 AM. England cricket team has announced the playing 11. England are going to field with one full time pacer Mark Wood and three spinners. Players like James Anderson and Ollie Robinson are out.

Players like Jack Leach, Ton Hartley and Rehan Ahmed have got places. Talking about Team India, Virat Kohli has withdrawn his name from the first two test matches due to personal reasons. Rajat Patidar has been chosen as replacement for Virat Kohli. It is a big question that who will bat in place of Virat Kohli at number-4.

KL Rahul can bat at number 4 while KS Bharat can do wicketkeeping. Today let us tell you that when Team India last played a Test match in Hyderabad, was it in India’s favor or not?

India played its last test match in Hyderabad in 2018.

In October 2018, a two-match Test series was played between West Indies and India. The second match of the series was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. In the first match of the series, India won by one innings and 272 runs. Maintaining the form in the second match also, Team India won the series by 2-0 by winning by 10 wickets.

West Indies won the toss in the second test match and decided to bat first. In the first innings, West Indies scored 311 runs on the strength of Roston Chase’s century and Jason Holder’s half-century. Umesh Yadav took maximum 6 wickets for India. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav had taken 3 wickets. Team India was all out for 367 runs in the first innings.

West Indies were all out for 127 runs in the second innings. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took 4-4 wickets. And India had a target of 72 runs to win. India had chased the target without losing any wicket. Umesh Yadav won the title of Player of the Match and Prithvi Shaw won the Player of the Series due to his excellent performance.