🏏India vs England 5th Test Match At Edgbaston 🏏 - Page 2

It's been a long wait, but we're finally here for the final Test of the series. The last time whole of India waited so much for a 'conclusion' was when the Telugu feature film Bahubali-2 neared its release date back in 2017. 

And just like that film franchise was an epic blockbuster, so were the Tests in this series, blending high-octane drama with sizzling performances. 

There were a lot of roller-coaster rides and stunning comebacks, at the end of which, India held the series lead at 2-1. The visitors were buzzing high on confidence and with momentum totally on their side, but a lot has changed in these 12 months for Team India, including their captain and coach. 

A lot has changed for England too in the same departments, and so, this final Test match seems like a standalone game despite being the decisive game of a long series.

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To grab the series, India must win this test. 

With a full squad in the playing 11, experts are opining that India has a great chance to win this test to wrap up the series with an impressive performance. 

England wins the Toss and opted to Ball first.

England: 1 Alex Lees, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt.), 7 Sam Billings, 8 Matthew Potts, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Jack Leach, 11 James Anderson

India: 1 Shubman Gill, 2 Cheteshwar Pujara, 3 Hanuma Vihari, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Jasprit Bumrah (capt.)

Jasprit Bumrah: "It's a good feeling, a massive achievement, it can't get better than this, very excited. Very happy with the preparation, wanted to get used to the England weather [at Leicester]. just the mental aspect."

All the very best to team India.

Jasprit Bumrah | India captain: It's a good feeling (to be captain) and is a big privilege. Can't get better than this. Excited and looking forward to this. 

Very happy with the preparation. Wanted to spend a lot of time and get used to the English conditions, as we came back from T20s. Happy with the preparation, now it's for the mental side to take over. 

Four bowlers - myself, Siraj, Shardul and Shami along with Jaddu as the all-rounder.

Ben Stokes | England captain: We're gonna have a bowl. 

We've done well chasing and it's also to see how the wicket will behave. It's obviously good to come into a new series so quickly. Gives us the opportunity to keep the momentum rolling. 

We're going to keep the same attitude going.

India's men team got six captains in one year. At this rate in 2-3 years Umran will also get captaincy 😛

IND 5/0 (2)

  CRR: 2.5

Partnership: 5(13)

Ovs Left: 88

India 5 for no loss in 2 overs.

Gill on 4

Pujara yet to score.