ENG vs IND 1st Test: India vs England Dream11 Tips, Squads, Strongest Playing 11

ENG vs IND: England is all set to host India for a five-match Test series and the first Test match will be starting from 4 August in Nottingham. The Joe Root-led England side suffered a massive blow with their premier all-rounder Ben Stokes pulling out from the entire India Test series. Here is a detailed article stating the England vs India Dream11 Tips, Squads and strongest playing 11 of both the teams.

ENG vs IND Squads

England squad: Joe Root (c), Rory Burns, Craig Overton, Dominic Sibley, Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson.

India squad: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran.

India vs England Strongest Playing 11

Team India are likely to open the batting with the duo of Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal. After an impressive century in the warm-up game, KL Rahul is expected to find a place in the middle-order alongside the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane. India’s first-choice wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant is likely to be fit for this first Test against England. The Virat Kohli-led team could go in with a lone spinner in Ravichandran Ashwin while Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Siraj will be the three pacers.

IND Playing 11 (likely)
Rohit Sharma
Mayank Agarwal
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
Ajinkya Rahane
KL Rahul
Rishabh Pant
Ravichandran Ashwin
Mohammed Shami
Ishant Sharma
Jasprit Bumrah/Mohammed Siraj

On the other hand, the host England team will back the combo of Rory Burns and Dominic Sibley as the two openers. Jonny Bairstow is expected to bat at the number three position. The likes of skipper Joe Root, Dan Lawrence and Jos Buttler will be the other middle-order batters. Sam Curran and Ollie Robinson will be the two all-rounders. England is likely to play left-arm spinner Jack Leach who was really impressive in the recent India tour while one of Stuart Broad or James Anderson will be part of the playing XI alongside Mark Wood.

ENG Playing 11 (likely)
Rory Burns
Dominic Sibley
Jonny Bairstow
Joe Root
Dan Lawrence
Jos Buttler
Sam Curran
Ollie Robinson
Jack Leach
Stuart Broad/James Anderson
Mark Wood

England vs India Dream11 Tips

It is expected to be a tough wicket for the batters at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham for the England vs India 1st Test. Things will be really challenging for the batsmen and therefore, it will be a great option to pack your Dream11 Fantasy cricket teams with more all-rounders and bowlers from both India and England.

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