ENG Playing 11 for India vs England, 5th Test; 5 Best Fantasy Cricket Picks for Dream11 Team Prediction

ENG Playing 11: The sun has risen for English Red ball cricket under the captaincy of Ben Stokes and the coaching of Brendon McCullum. England played a fearless brand of cricket in the recently concluded three-match Test series against the World Test Champions New Zealand as they tamed them mercilessly by 3-0.

Ben Stokes & Co. will now welcome the World Test Championship runners-up India for the rescheduled 5th Test which will commence from July 1 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. The way England has played their brand of cricket against new Zealand, India should be worried, but what would be the eleven for England in this vital Test match? Let’s discuss.

England Playing 11 Team News

England have announced their eleven for this Test.
Sam Billings is the only addition to the squad that featured in the 3 match test series against New Zealand.
Alex Lees and Zak Crawley will once again form the opening pair.
Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and skipper Ben Stokes will be forming the middle-order.
Wicket-keeper Ben Foakes was ruled out of the 3rd test after the first innings due to COVID concerns. Sam Billings has taken his spot in the eleven for this game and will don the wicket-keeping gloves.
After a thoroughly impressive show in the recently concluded series, Matty Potts has kept his place in the eleven as the third seamer with the experience duo of Stuart Broard and James Anderson leading the attack.
Jack Leach is the only spinner in the eleven.

England Playing 11

Alex Lees
Zak Crawley
Ollie Pope
Joe Root
Jonny Bairstow
Ben Stokes
Sam Billings
Stuart Broad
Matthew Potts
Jack Leach
James Anderson

England Squad

Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings (wk), Stuart Broad, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes (wk), Matthew Potts, Harry Brook, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope.

India vs England Dream11 Prediction

Here are the best fantasy cricket picks for the match from India.

Joe Root’s stats in Test

Matches	Runs	Last 5 performances	Last 5 performances against India	Batting Average
120	10285	153 & 9, 0 & 5, 11 & 115, 176 & 3, 5 & 86	5 & 30, 64 & 109, 180* & 33, 121 & DNB, 21 & 36	50.17

Jonny Bairstow’s stats in Test

Matches	Runs	Last 5 performance	Last 5 performances against India	Batting Average
86	5195	20 & 29, 0 & 22, 1 & 16, 8 & 136, 162 & 71*	28 & 0, 29 & 30, 57 & 2, 29 & DNB, 37 & 0	36.07

James Anderson’s stats in Test

Matches	Wickets	Last 5 performances	Last 5 performances against India	Economy
171	651	2/58 & 1/8, 4/33, 1/54 & 0/34, 4/66 & 2/57, 3/62 & 2/20	DNB & 3/44, 4/54 & 0/12, 5/62 & 0/53, 3/6 & 1/63, 1/41 & 1/79	2.80

Ben Stokes’ stats in Test

Matches	Runs	Wickets	Last 5 performances	Batting Average
82	5255	177	120 & 19, 2 & 4, 1 & 54, 46 & 75*, 18 & DNB	36.24

Ollie Pope’s stats in Test

Matches	Runs	Last 5 performances	Last 5 performances against India	Average
26	1299	5 & 4, 14 & 5, 1 & 10, 145 & 18, 5 & 82	34 & 28, 22 & 12, 1 & 12, 29 & 15, 81 & 2	30.92