Joe Root scored 173 runs in the First Test at Trent Bridge including a century and a half-century. No other England player hit a 50 and he is our pick for England’s leading run scorer in this match. Jimmy Anderson took 4-54 in Nottingham and bowled with excellent accuracy and control. He is an excellent choice for England’s top wicket taker at Lord’s.
Virat Kohli only faced 1 ball at Trent Bridge but we expect him to show his class in this Test. The captain is our tip for India’s leading run scorer in this game. With the ball, Jasprit Bumrah took 9 wickets during the First Test and was a threat throughout for England’s batsmen. We recommend Bumrah as India’s top wicket taker in this game.
England’s bowler Ollie Robinson took his first 5-wicket haul in Test cricket in the First Test and is a talented batsman. He returns to the site of his Test debut where he took 7 wickets against New Zealand earlier this year. We expect his main rival for the player of the match award to be Virat Kohli. Overall we are backing Kohli to take the award in this Test.
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England vs India 2nd Test Prediction & Betting Tips
England and India go head to head in the Second Test of their 5-match series at Lord’s on Thursday. The First Test ended in a draw after the final day was washed out at Trent Bridge last Sunday. India were in pole position on Day 5 in Nottingham although England were still in the hunt. Read on as we preview this game. This Test gets underway in North-West London at 11:00 local time.
Joe Root scored 173 runs in the First Test at Trent Bridge including a century and a half-century. No other England player hit a 50 and he is our pick for England’s leading run scorer in this match. Ollie Robinson took a 5-wicket haul for the first time in Test cricket in Nottingham and is an excellent choice for England’s top wicket taker at Lord’s.
England’s bowler Ollie Robinson is a fine bowler but also is a talented batsman. He returns to the site of his Test debut where he took 7 wickets against New Zealand earlier this year. We expect his main rival for the player of the match award to be Virat Kohli. Overall we are backing Kohli to take the award in this Test.
England vs India 2nd Test Live Streaming
The match can be watched live on Sky Cricket in the UK and on the Sony Sports Network in India. In Australia it will be shown on Fox Cricket, SuperSport will show it in Africa with Willow TV in the USA.
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on the SonyLiv App.
ENG vs IND Match Toss Prediction
The overhead conditions certainly look like favouring the batting side and we predict both captains will choose to field first in this match.
ENG vs IND Pitch Report
Earlier in the year in the England v New Zealand Test we saw centurions on both sides. The pitch will favour pace bowlers over spin.
Weather Report
Chance of rain on Day 4 but otherwise dry and sunny with a high of 23 degrees at Lord’s.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for England vs India 2nd Test, 2021
A right-calf injury for Stuart Broad, picked up in the nets on Tuesday, is likely to see Mark Wood come in as his replacement. Dan Lawrence and Zak Crawley are also likely to be dropped with Ollie Pope and Haseeb Hameed coming in. Moeen Ali may also replace Sam Curran to provide a spin option.
ENG Key Players
Joe Root- England’s captain has over 1000 Test runs in 2021 with potentially another 8 Tests still to play. He is in the form of his life.
Rory Burns- the most consistent of England’s inexperienced and mis-firing top 3. Burns scored a century at Lord’s against New Zealand earlier this summer.
Ollie Robinson- England’s latest high quality seam bowler has taken to Test cricket like a duck to water. He will relish leading the attack.
ENG Team Form
England showed signs of improvement with the bat in the second innings at Trent Bridge. Their bowling is very strong but the team has not experienced a Test win in 6 games.
England Predicted Playing 11
Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood
ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction
Wicket-keeper
Jos Buttler (9), Rishabh Pant (9) and Jonny Bairstow (8.5) will be our wicket-keepers. All 3 had strong periods with the bat in Nottingham.
Batsmen
Virat Kohli (10), Joe Root (10), KL Rahul (8.5) and Rory Burns (8.5) are our batsmen. Root and Rahul were the standout batsmen on both sides in the First Test.
All-rounders
Ravindra Jadeja (9) will be our all-rounder. He went wicketless at Trent Bridge but hit a half-century with the bat.
Bowlers
Mark Wood (8.5), Jasprit Bumrah (9) and Ollie Robinson (8.5) are our bowlers. The conditions were in their favour but Robinson and Bumrah performed very well last week.
Captain/Vice-captain
Ollie Robinson will be captain, Joe Root his deputy
ENG vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction
Batsmen:Virat Kohli, Joe Root(vc), KL Rahul, Rory Burns
With sunny weather forecast at Lord’s, we expect to see Ravichandran Ashwin return to the XI in place of all-rounder Shardul Thakur who performed admirably in Nottingham. KL Rahul impressed at the top of the order but India’s 3,4 and 5 need to start delivering with the bat again.
IND Key Players
Virat Kohli- India’s captain only got one opportunity with the bat at Trent Bridge and lasted 1 ball. He will be very eager to show his batting skills at Lord’s.
Ravindra Jadeja- the all-rounder continues to have a fine record in Test cricket and he showed his batting skills with a counter-attacking 56. The conditions should favour his bowling in this Test.
Jasprit Bumrah- the fast bowler was on top form in Nottingham causing England’s top order and lower order problems while taking 9 wickets.
IND Team Form
India have not won in their last two Tests, both in England. However, expect their batting to improve as the series progresses.
Joe Root, Rory Burns and Jonny Bairstow are our tips for England’s top First Innings batsmen. Root continues to deliver runs irrespective of the venue this year.
We are backing Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and KL Rahul with the bat for India. Rahul impressed at Trent Bridge last week with his score of 84.
Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood and Moeen Ali are our tips with the ball for England. Robinson was in great form in the opening Test.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj are the top bowlers for India. All bowled well in Nottingham with Bumrah the most impressive.
India were certainly the better team over the first three days in Nottingham but England fought back strongly with a Joe Root century on the penultimate day. It is all set up for another fascinating Test Match with every chance of a result this time. We are backing England to win a very close game.
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