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IND VS ENG 3rd Test Dream11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview

Hello and Welcome to our preview for India vs England 3rd Test match. We are covering IND VS ENG Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the test match. The match is to be played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.

India have lost first two tests of the five match test series. They will have to win this test to stay alive in the series. After losing the second test by one innings and 159 runs, They need a miracle performance to get back the momentum.

Except Kohli no other batsmen has made any impact in the series. In Bowling, Only Ashwin, Ishant and Shami have few scalps to their name. India will hope to put a good show in third test by adding few fresh faces in the playing XI.

England is enjoying the test series and especially after that big win against India they will be boozing with confidence. They will hope to win this test and lock the series.

J Bairstow, C Woakes and J Root are the best performers with bat while J Anderson, S Broad, B Stokes and C Woakes have been the best performers with ball till now in the series.

An exciting test can be anticipated as India will hope to make a comeback while England would hope to continue its domination.

When and Where:

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test, India Tour of England, 2018.
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.
18th August, 03:30 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Average 1st innings score: 321

2nd inn Avg score: 308

Avg 3rd inn score: 262

4th innings average score: 157

Squads:

IND:
Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur.

ENG:
Joe Root (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Alastair Cook, Sam Curran, Keaton Jennings, Dawid Malan, Jamie Porter, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes.

Team News:

India:

After a heartbreaking defeat in second test, Few changes can be made in the playing XI.

Murali Vijay and Kl Rahul have been poor top of the order. After two ducks in last Test, Shikhar Dhawan can replace M Vijay. There are also chance that Rishabh Pant can also come in for D Karthik as he has not shown any glimpse of form yet.

V Kohli, C Pujara and A Rahane will be the key batsmens. An extra batsmen can come in for H Pandya as he has not contributed much for the team most probably Karun Nair can come in his place. All rounder R Jadeja also has slight chance to replace H Pandya.

India’s star bowler Jasprit Bumrah is fit from injury and will lead the pace attack. R Ashwin will be the main all rounder as he is performing good with bat as well as ball.

England:

Captain J Root has declared playing XI. Ben Stokes is back replacing S Curran.

A Cook will hope to score big as he has lost his wicket cheaply in first two tests. J Root and J Bairstow will be the key batsmen and both are in good form. J Buttler will hope to regain his lost form.

B Stokes and C Woakes will be the main players for England as both are brilliant with bat as well as ball.

J Anderson will lead the pace attack and is in good form as always. A Rashid will be the lone spinner.

Probable Playing XI:

IND:
Murali Vijay/S Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik/Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya/K Nair/R Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah.

ENG:
Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Joe Root (c), Olie Pope, Bairstow (wk), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Adil Rashid.

IND vs ENG Dream11 Team Prediction:

J Bairstow (wk)
V Kohli
A Rahane
C Pujara
J Buttler
R Ashwin
C Woakes
B Stokes/A Cook
J Bumrah
J Anderson
M Shami

Team 2 for Grand Leagues

R Pant (wk)
C Pujara
V Kohli (vc)
J Root (c)
J Buttler
R Ashwin
C Woakes
B Stokes
J Bumrah
J Anderson
S Broad

If you didn’t want to take R Pant then take J Bairstow for this you have to manage credit, so replace following:
C Pujara  → O Pope
S Broad → M Shami

Captain and Vice-Captain choices: V Kohli, C Woakes, B Stokes, R Ashwin, J Bairstow.

Key Players:

India:
V Kohli
R Ashwin
M Shami
I Sharma
C Pujara

England:
J Root
Anderson
J Bairstow
B Stokes
C Woakes

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Pranob Thachanthara