Two changes have been made to the England team that was defeated by a significant margin in Rajkot the previous week’s match.
Announcing their playing eleven for the fourth test match against India, which will begin on Friday in Ranchi, England made the announcement on Thursday. Two changes have been made to the team that was defeated by a significant margin in Rajkot the previous week. The visitors are currently behind the five-match series by a score of 1-2. To take the position of Mark Wood and Rehan Ahmed, Ollie Robinson and Shoaib Bashir have been appointed. The third test match was lost by England by a score of 434 runs, which was India’s largest ever victory in terms of runs in a test match. Although the visitors had won the first game of the series in Hyderabad, they have already lost both of their most recent matches, and they are currently in a losing position in the series.
Jonny Bairstow has been able to maintain his position in the XI despite the fact that he has been having a difficult time recently. This is in accordance with what was stated earlier by both captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum, who stated that they are not concerned about the star batter’s performance.
Although there were indications that suggested that veteran pacer James Anderson would be given a rest for the game, he continues to play in the tournament.
Even though Robinson did not take part in the first three Test matches against India, England captain Stokes commended him and claimed that he has worked “incredibly hard” in preparation for the fourth test match. This was expressed on the eve of the team announcement for the fourth testing match.”
During the press conference that took place before the match, Stokes acknowledged that it might be “tough” for a player like Robinson to be left out of the starting eleven for the first three Test matches in the five-game series.
In the time that he has been out here, he has put in an incredible amount of effort. And it is difficult for someone like Ollie, who has played such a significant role in the game over the course of the past two years, to be in a situation where he has not participated in a game and the things that he has done outside of the game itself have been extremely good,” Stokes had stated.
In place of Ahmed, who was having a difficult time, Bashir is rejoining the team after being absent from the previous match.
England playing XI for 4th Test: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes (C), Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir and James Anderson
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