England final eleven declared for Rajkot test, Wood included in place of Bashir

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Rajkot. England have announced their final eleven for the third Test against India starting here on Thursday, with experienced fast bowler Mark Wood replacing young spinner Shoaib Bashir.

The third match of the five-match series will be the 100th Test match for English captain Ben Stokes, who will become the 16th player to score a Test century for England.

Woods replaces Bashir in the only change to the line-up since the second Test, which England lost by 106 runs. This means that after fielding a spin-equipped attack in the first two Test matches, England will play with two seamers in the series for the first time.

England won the opening Test in Hyderabad by 28 runs and India bounced back with a 106-run win in Visakhapatnam, with the five-match series currently level at 1-1.

England Playing XI: Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (captain), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.

–IANS

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