The third match of the Test series will be played between India and England from Thursday. This match will be played in Rajkot. Both teams are well prepared for this. England have made a change in the playing eleven. He gave Mark Wood a chance in place of Shoaib Bashir. This match will be very special for Ravichandran Ashwin and Ben Stokes. Both players are on the verge of setting a Test record. Team India can replace Sarfaraz Khan in the playing XI.
England captain Ben Stokes is close to joining Gary Sobers and Jacques Kallis’ list. Stokes has scored more than 6000 runs in Test cricket and is now on the verge of taking 200 Test wickets. Stokes has scored 6251 runs in 179 innings. In addition, 197 wickets were also taken. He needs three wickets to complete 200 wickets. Stokes’ best score in Test cricket was 258 runs. He can create history in the Rajkot Test.
Ravichandran Ashwin, Team India’s best all-rounder, is also on the verge of a special record. He can take 500 wickets in the Test. They need a wicket for that. Ashwin has taken 499 wickets in 97 matches. Furthermore, he has scored 3271 runs. Ashwin’s best Test score was 124 runs. In this format he has set five centuries and 14 half-centuries to music.
Team India can make changes in the playing XI for the Rajkot Test. The team can replace Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel in the playing XI. Both players have performed very well in domestic cricket. Sarfaraz also recently scored a century against England Lions.