Hyderabad | England skipper Ben Stokes opted to bat in the opening Test of the five-match series against India here on Thursday.
India picked left-arm spinner Axar Patel ahead of Kuldeep Yadav.
KL Rahul is set to bat at No 4 in absence of Virat Kohli, while Srikar Bharat will be the man behind the stumps.
England handed debut cap to lanky left-arm spinner Tom Hartley.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
England: Ben Stokes (c), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood and Jack Leach
India bowled out England for 246 on the opening day of the first Test here on Thursday with the home team spinners sharing eight wickets between them.
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat first.
The visitors were off to a decant start with openers Zak Crawley (20) and Ben Duckett (35) adding 55 runs at a fairly good pace before Ravichandran Ashwin gave India their first breakthrough by having Duckett trapped in front of the wicket.
Stokes top-scored with 70 off 88 balls and was the last English wicket to fall, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah (28).
Jonny Bairstow contributed 37 off 58 balls before he was done in by a beautiful delivery from Axar Patel (2/33).
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin bagged three wickets apiece while there were two each for Axar and Bumrah.
Brief Scores:
England 1st innings: 246 all out in 64.3 overs (Ben Stokes 70; Ravindra Jadeja 3/88, R Ashwin 3/68).
Scoreboard at innings break on Day 1 of the opening Test between India and England here on Thursday.
England innings:
Zak Crawley c Siraj b Ashwin 20
Ben Duckett lbw b Ashwin 35
Ollie Pope c Sharma b Jadeja 1
Joe Root c Bumrah b Jadeja 29
Jonny Bairstow b Patel 37
Ben Stokes (c) b Bumrah 70
Ben Foakes c Bharat b Patel 4
Rehan Ahmed c Bharat b Bumrah 13
Tom Hartley b Jadeja 23
Mark Wood b Ashwin 11
Jack Leach not out 0
Extras: (LB-1, NB-2) 3
Total: (All out in 64.3 overs) 246
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-58, 3-60, 4-121, 5-125, 6-137, 7-155, 8-193, 9-234, 10-246.
Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 8.3-1-28-2, Mohammed Siraj 4-0-28-0, Ravindra Jadeja 18-4-88-3, Ravichandran Ashwin 21-1-68-3, Axar Patel 13-1-33-2.
