England Tour of India 2021: Schedule, Players To Watch

Team India has shown the world who is the boss again by dominating the Australian team at the Gabba. Fantasy Sports users are thrilled! Shubman Gill, with his class and Rishab Pant with his aggression, took away the hopes of the Australian team and handed them their first defeat at the Gabba after 31 long years. And now they are all set to face the England team who had a thumping series win against Sri Lanka, and are coming with their full strength and confidence to face the Gabba champions at their home ground. 

 

India Vs England - Test 1

 

The first India Vs England test match was held at the MA Chidambaram stadium. The turning pitch at the Chidambaram made it hard for both team players to face the spinners. Despite the condition of the pitch and the spinners, Team England captain Joe Root went on to make a fantastic double century. He scored 218 runs from 377 balls while Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes scored 87 and 82 respectively and helped the captain to set a huge target of 578 runs for Team India in the first Innings. 

 

In the first Innings, Indian team players Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Indian captain Virat Kohli were restricted by the England bowlers from contributing big scores to the team total. Nevertheless, the wall of Indian cricket team, Cheteshwar Pujara scored a brave 73 runs, and Rishab Pant scored a breathtaking 91 runs, while Washington Sundar stood unbeaten at 85 runs, bringing up the Indian team total to 337 runs. 

 

In the second innings, both teams couldn't score beyond 200 runs, resulting in Team England's victory over India with 227 runs. Team India right arm spinner Ravichandran Ashwin taking a 6-wicket haul stood as the highlight for the second innings. 

 

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India Vs England - Test 2 

 

Fantasy Sports reports the second India Vs England test match was held at the MA Chidambaram stadium. But this time, Team India completely dominated the England team, ending the consequent test match losses under Virat Kohli’s captaincy. Indian team batsman adapted to the pitch conditions quickly while the bowlers completely took advantage of the pitch conditions, handing Team England their defeat and ending their consecutive wins away from home. 

 

Highlights

 

Ravichandran Ashwin's eye-feasting century in the second innings was the best thing for the entire second test match. With this century, Ravichandran Ashwin bagged his 5th international century. He not only spoke with the bat but also with the ball by taking a 5-wicket haul in the first innings. 

 

Rohith Sharma scored a whopping 161 runs in the first innings showing that class is permanent. Thus Team India rewrote the history by winning over Team England with the highest margin of 317 runs. The previous highest margin victory of Team India over Team England was of 279 runs. 

 

India Vs England - Test 3

 

The third test match between Team India and Team England will be a day-night match and will take place at the world's largest newly built Motera cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. The match is scheduled for 24th February (Wednesday) 2021. 

 

Ideal playing 11 - Team India

 

Virat Kohli(C), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(VC), Rishab Pant (WC), R.Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav/Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah. 

 

Ideal Playing 11 - Team England

 

Joe Root(C), Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley, Dan Lawrence/Jonny Bairstow, Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes(WC), Ben Stokes(VC), Chris Woakes, Jack Leach, Jofra Archer, James Anderson. 

 

Players to watch

 

  • Rishabh Pant - Team India wicket-keeper is an impeccable player and in the best form of his entire career right now. He scored 91 runs off just 88 balls. He also scored 58 runs in the first innings of the second match. 

 

  • Virat Kohli - Team India captain, Virat Kohli, scored two half-centuries in the first two test matches against England. If he scores a hundred in the third test match, he will be breaking Ricky Ponting's record to become the captain of a cricket team with the most centuries. 

 

  • Rohit Sharma - The Indian team opener had scored a great 161 runs in the first innings of the second test match showing his class. 

 

  • Ravichandran Ashwin - The Indian team right arm spinner R. Ashwin scored a century and took a one 6-wicket haul and one 5-wicket haul in the first two test matches against England. He proved that he's not just a player but an asset to the team. 

 

  • Joe Root - The England team captain Root had scored a double century in the first test match and is in the best form of his career right now. 

 

 

 

Best choices as captain for your fantasy squad

 

  • Virat Kohli 

  • Rohit Sharma

  • R. Ashwin

  • Rishab Pant

  • Joe Root 

 

World Test Championship 

 

Team India will qualify to the finals of the world test championship to face New Zealand if they manage to win the series in the following scenarios :

 

  • IND(2) - ENG(0)

  • IND(2) - ENG(1)

  • IND(3) - ENG(0)

  • IND(3) - ENG(1)

  • IND(4) - ENG(0)

 

Team England will qualify to the finals if the scenarios go like:

 

  • ENG(4) - IND(0)

  • ENG(3) - IND(0)

  • ENG(3) - IND(1)

 

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