England’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope gained the toss for the fifth Test towards India on the Oval in London on July 31, 2025, opting to bowl first.
Pope is standing in for the injured Ben Stokes in the ultimate match of the Test collection towards India, which presently stands at 2-1 in favour of the hosts.
On a cloudy day, India has made four changes to the crew that drew the fourth Test in Manchester. Dhruv Jurel is in for the injured Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair comes in for Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna replaces the rested Jasprit Bumrah and tempo bowler Akash Deep is in for Anshul Kamboj.
England has rested tempo spearhead Jofra Archer.
India have now misplaced 15 tosses in a row however skipper Shubman Gill stated he doesn’t thoughts dropping the toss so long as they win the match.
“It is a bit overcast, but the wicket looks good. Post good runs in the first innings and let’s see then what happens from there,” Gill stated. “Our bowlers are very much ready for this contest and it looks like a good wicket for the bowlers. So, hopefully, everyone will chip in.”
England lead the collection 2-1 after profitable the primary and third assessments at Headingley and Lord’s, respectively, whereas India gained the second take a look at at Edgbaston. The fourth take a look at at Old Trafford ended in a draw.
Teams
India: Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, and Mohammed Siraj.
England: Ollie Pope (c), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, and Josh Tongue.
