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India vs England, 3rd Test – Dafanews Match Preview

India will lock horns against England at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot from Thursday onwards. With the series in the balance at 1-1, both teams will look to take advantage. India made a fantastic comeback as they won the second Test by 106 runs after losing the opening game by 28 runs.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form for India: W L W L D

India ticked the right boxes in the second Test match as Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Jasprit Bumrah delivered the goods. While Jaiswal scored a brilliant knock of 209 whereas Bumrah picked up a total of nine wickets in the match. However, India’s middle order will look to get the job done for their team.

Current form for England: L W W W D

England will have to come up with a better batting performance as they could only manage 253 runs in the first innings at Vizag. Ben Stokes will look to lead from the front in his 100th Test match. England’s young spin attack will once again hold the key.

Head to Head: Matches: 133, Won by England: 51, Won by India: 32, Drawn: 50.

Players to look out for: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, and Jasprit Bumrah will be the crucial players for India.

Ben Stokes, Mark Wood, Joe Root, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow and Tom Hartley will be the important players for England.

India’s squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan, Rajat Patidar, Ravindra Jadeja, KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal.

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

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