England has announced its playing XI for the third Test match against Pakistan starting from October 24. This match will be played between these two teams at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. In the second test match played between these two teams, Pakistan had given a crushing defeat to England. On behalf of the hosts, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan bowled lethally and took all 20 wickets.

At present the 3 match test series is tied at 1-1. England had won the first test. Talking about Rawalpindi Test, spinners can get a lot of help here. This is the reason why the English team has included Rehan Ahmed in place of Matthew Potts in its playing XI for the third Test. Not only this, Gus Atkinson will be seen playing in the playing XI in place of Brydon Carse.

Let us tell you that Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts together took a total of 8 wickets in the second test. However, in the third test, Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed can be seen bowling well. Even though the England team has failed to perform well in the second test, they would definitely like to win the series by winning the third test.

Here is England’s playing XI for the third Test against Pakistan:

Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.

In the second Test match, Pakistan had scored 366 runs in its first innings, in response to which England was all out for 291 runs in its first innings. After this, Pakistan also failed to perform well in the second innings and was all out for 221 runs. England’s batsmen performed disappointingly in the second innings and the team could only score 144 runs and Pakistan won the match by 152 runs.

It is very important for England to perform strongly in all departments. With the arrival of Rehan Ahmed, the bowling lineup of the team has also become stronger and young players can also make important contributions with the batting.