IND Vs ENG: Devdutt Padikkal Becomes Fifth Debutant Of The Series As India Make Two Changes For Dharamshala Test

Devdutt Padikkal will make his Test debut for India in the fifth Test of the series against England in Dharamshala.

England won the toss and elected to bat first in the fifth Test of the series. The visitors had named their XI a day prior to the game, with Mark Wood replacing Ollie Robinson who looked out of sorts in the fourth Test in Ranchi.

India, on the other hand, have made two changes to their side from the winning combination that played in Ranchi.

Bumrah returns, Padikkal to debut

Jasprit Bumrah who was rested for the fourth Test has made his way back to the XI in place of Akash Deep, who debuted in the last game. In the batting department, Rajat Patidar, who had not got a decent score so far in the series, has been replaced by debutant Devdutt Padikkal.

Captain Rohit Sharma said at the toss that Patidar suffered an injury while training on the eve of the fifth Test, although he didn’t dive into the details of what the injury was.

India XI for fifth Test in Dharamshala

Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

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