IND vs ENG Match Prediction: Who Will Win today First Test between India and England?

ENG vs IND Match Preview:

The much awaited Test series between England (ENG) and India (IND) is set to begin at Headingley in Leeds. The first match is scheduled to be played from June 20 to June 24. India are coming with a new-looking Test side after seniors players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma called off their respective Test careers. Now, under new captain Shubman Gill, India will be finally looking to end their wait of 18 years to win a Test series in England.

However, it won’t be an easy task to take on the strong English side at their home ground but India had an impressive tour previous time where they dominated England at their own backyard during the 2021-22. India were leading by 2-1 after four matches but the fifth Test was rescheduled and England ended up winning the match and levelling the series by 2-2. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the first Test match between England and India.

ENG vs IND Match Details

Match	England vs India, 1st Test
Venue	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
Date & Time	Friday, June 20 - Tuesday, June 24 7:15 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Sony Sports Network

ENG vs IND Pitch Report

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The surface of the Headingley Stadium in Leeds provides an equal contest with both bat and ball in Test matches. Due to the weather conditions in England, the fast bowlers could get much help with the new ball. However, batting second could be an advantage and the team winning the toss is likely to opt to bowl first.

ENG vs IND Weather Report

ENG vs IND Head-to-Head Stats and Records in Tests

England and India have locked horns 136 times in the history of Test cricket so far. Out of these 136 matches, England defeated India 51 times while India come out victorious on 35 occasions with 50 games ending in a draw.

Matches played	136
England won	51
India won	35
Drawn	50

ENG vs IND Probable Playing XIs

England (confirmed): Ben Stokes (c), Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook (vc), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India (probable): KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

ENG vs IND Full Squads

England: Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Ben Stokes (C), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.

India: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana

ENG vs IND Predicted Top Batters

Joe Root: Star English batter Joe Root is in great form in the Test format from the last few months and has recently achieved the milestone of 13000 runs in the longest format. Apart from that, Root also boasts great stats against India in Test amassing 2846 runs from 30 matches against India hitting 10 hundreds.

ENG vs IND Predicted Top Bowlers

Jasprit Bumrah: Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah will be for India in the first Test against England at Headingley. The right-arm fast bowler ended up taking 32 wickets in his last Test tour down under and also have great records overseas. India will be hoping for Bumrah to register a match-winning spell against England in the upcoming series.