Exciting Showdown: England's Ben Stokes Chooses to Bat First Against India at Lord's

Match Preview: England vs India at Lord's

London: In a thrilling encounter at Lord's, England's captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first against India, who have welcomed back their star bowler Jasprit Bumrah for the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar series.

Bumrah's return comes after he missed the previous match in Birmingham, while England's Jofra Archer is set to make his Test comeback after a long hiatus since February 2021.

Archer replaces Josh Tongue in the England lineup, while Bumrah takes the place of Prasidh Krishna for India.

The series is currently tied at 1-1, with each team having claimed victory in Leeds and Birmingham respectively.

Teams:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.