England's playing-11 announced for the fifth match: One change in the team; Mark Wood gets a chance in place of Ollie Robinson
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Mark Wood played in the fourth match of the series.
England has released its playing-11 for the fifth match of the Test series against India. Captain Ben Stokes has made one change in the previous playing-11. Fast bowler Mark Wood has been included in the playing-11 in place of Ollie Robinson.
James Anderson and Tom Hartley managed to make their place in the team. The team did not make any changes in its batting order. This match will be played in Dharamshala from 7th March.
Wood gets a chance to replace Robinson
Fast bowler Mark Wood was included in place of Ollie Robinson. Wood played the first and third tests. He did not get any wicket in the first match, but took 4 wickets in the second match.
41-year-old fast bowler James Anderson will play his third consecutive Test with Wood. He could not play the first test. Anderson is just 2 wickets away from completing 700 wickets in his Test career.
Mark Wood took 4 wickets in the first innings of the third test.
No change in batting order
England did not make any changes in its batting order. Jack Crowley and Ben Duckett will open. Ollie Pope, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow will remain in the middle order. Ben Fox will do wicketkeeping, while Ben Stokes will be the captain.
England's playing-11 for Dharamshala test
Ben Stokes (captain), Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson and Shoaib Bashir.
India leads 3-1 in the series
Team India is leading 3-1 in the 5 Test series against England. England won the first match by 28 runs. After this, India won the second match by 106 runs, the third match by 434 runs and the fourth test by a margin of 5 wickets. The fifth match will be played in Dharamsala from March 7.
India's team for Dharamshal test
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikal, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep.
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