Batsman or bowler, who will 'play' in Rajkot Test? Know the pitch report of the third match

IND vs ENG: The 5-match Test series between India and England is at an exciting turn. Both the teams are tied in the series with 1-1 win. In such a situation, the third match of the series is going to be very important. This match will start from February 15 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. The pitch is also going to play a very important role in this match. In such a situation, let us know about the pitch of Rajkot.

Rajkot Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium is considered very helpful for the batsmen. Here the batsmen score a lot of runs. However, this time a change may be seen in the pitch of Rajkot Stadium. It is believed that this time the spinners may get more help than every other time. The pitch may remain favorable for batting for the first two days, after which the dominance of spinners may be seen. However, fast bowlers can also get some benefit from the pitch.

Record of saurashtra cricket stadium

So far only two Test matches have been played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Out of these, Team India has won one match and one match has been a draw. Team India also played a test match against England on this ground which ended in a draw. India has made the highest score (649/9) in this ground of Rajkot. On the other hand, the smallest score (181/10) is in the name of West Indies.

2016 India-England Rajkot Test match

A test match has been played between India and England on this ground. In the 2016 Rajkot Test match, the England team, batting first, scored 537 runs in the first innings. During this, Joe Root had played an inning of 124 runs and Ben Stokes had played an inning of 128 runs. At the same time, Moeen Ali also scored 117 runs. In response, Team India had scored only 488 runs in its first innings. For India, Murali Vijay played an inning of 126 runs and Cheteshwar Pujara played an inning of 124 runs. At the same time, England had declared its second innings at 260 runs and by the end of the 5th day's play, India had scored 172 runs at the loss of 7 wickets, due to which the match ended in a draw.

Indian team squad for the third test:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal.

England squad for test series:

Ben Stokes (captain), Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Rehan Ahmed, Dane Lawrence, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Shoaib Bashir, Ben Foakes (wicketkeeper), James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Tom Hartley, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root. , Mark Wood.