IND vs ENG Match Preview- 2nd Test, 2024

India and England are set to clash in the 2nd Test of the ongoing series. IND vs ENG 2nd Test begins on Friday, February 2. Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam is the venue of the IND vs ENG 2nd Test.

After facing a defeat in the opening game, Team India has added more members to their squad for the IND vs ENG Test series. Saurabh Kumar and Sarfaraz Khan are two new names in the India squad. Both of them are uncapped players and have got a chance in the national side after their consistent shows in the domestic circuit.

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While India showed good form with both bat and ball in both innings, they need to come up with better teamwork. Despite a chasable target of 231, Team India failed to capture victory while batting in 2nd innings in the previous Test. While India is short of Virat Kohli, England is short of Harry Brook in the 2nd Test.

India and England will face off each other in Visakhapatnam for the second time in Tests. The stadium has only hosted two Tests so far and India and England played one of those games. In November 2016, India outplayed the English side by 246 runs at the stadium.

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IND vs ENG Match Preview- 2nd Test, 2024

India

Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India in the IND vs ENG Test series. After losing the opening Test, Rohit Sharma eyes to lead the team to victory in 2nd Test. In the previous game, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, and Ravindra Jadeja showed a marvelous form in batting.

In bowling, Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah hunted 6 wickets each and were the leading wicket-takers. Ravindra Jadeja added 5 scalps to his kitty. Below is the complete squad for India for IND vs ENG’s first two Tests.

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IND Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Saurabh Kumar, KL Rahul, Srikar Bharat, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan.

England

England is led by Ben Stokes in the IND vs ENG Test series. He will lead the team in the 2nd Test. Ben Stokes scored a wonderful half-century in the previous Test. Ben Duckkett and Ollie Pope also hit brilliant knocks in 2nd innings.

Among bowlers, part-time spinner Joe Root hunted a 5-wicket haul in 1st innings. Ben Duckkett clinched a 7-wicket haul in the 2nd innings. Below is England’s full squad for the IND vs ENG Test series.

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ENG Squad: Ben Stokes (Captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Daniel Lawrence, Rehan Ahmed, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes, Ollie Pope, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood.