Captains Ollie Pope of England and Shubman Gill of India toss the coin forward of Day One of the fifth Rothesay Test Match at The Kia Oval on July 31, 2025 in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Pope is standing in for the injured Ben Stokes within the closing match of the Test sequence towards India, which at present stands at 2-1 in favour of the hosts.
On a cloudy day, India has made 4 modifications to the staff that drew the fourth Test in Manchester. Dhruv Jurel is in for the injured Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair is available in for Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna replaces the rested Jasprit Bumrah and tempo bowler Akash Deep is in for Anshul Kamboj.
England has rested tempo spearhead Jofra Archer.
India have now misplaced 15 tosses in a row however skipper Shubman Gill mentioned he doesn’t thoughts shedding the toss so long as they win the match.
“It is a bit overcast, however the wicket appears to be like good. Post good runs within the first innings and let’s see then what occurs from there,” Gill mentioned. “Our bowlers are very a lot prepared for this contest and it appears to be like like a great wicket for the bowlers. So, hopefully, everybody will chip in.”
England lead the sequence 2-1 after profitable the primary and third assessments at Headingley and Lord’s, respectively, whereas India received the second take a look at at Edgbaston. The fourth take a look at at Old Trafford resulted in a draw.
Teams
India: Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, and Mohammed Siraj.
England: Ollie Pope (c), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, and Josh Tongue.
Published – July 31, 2025 03:25 pm IST
