IND vs ENG Dream11 Team - 1st Test 2021 | 5 Feb

It’s more than a year since live cricket took place in India and we’re back with familiar foes England touring India for a long period between 5 Feb – 28 March 2021. During this time, they’ll play 4 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is, with the first couple of Tests being scheduled at Chennai in order to keep travel minimum considering we are still living in Covid times.

As for Team India, they’re coming of a confidence boosting series win in Australia where they won without most top players being in the squad. India has lost just once on home soil in their last 35 Tests, with the last series loss dating all the way back to 2012/13 and ironically, it was England who beat them back then. Keep reading for our complete PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) fantasy preview of the IND vs ENG 1st Test…

Match info

Tournament: England tour of India 2021.
Date: 5th February 2021, 9:30am IST.
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India.
Capacity: 50,000+
Series status: First game of the 4-match series.

Recent form

IND: W D W L L
ENG: W W D D W

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Numbers

Head to head in last 5 Test matches, England leads 4-1.
Last time India lost at this venue – 9 Tests ago.
Last time India played England at this ground – 759/7d.
Joe Root – Six 50+ scores in his last 7 games across formats.

India

With 12 wickets in 3 Tests in Australia, Ravichandran Ashwin is set to do better in Indian pitches where spin gets more assistance and with a record of 13 wickets in just 2 previous games at this ground, he’ll be one of the first picks in my IND vs ENG fantasy team today. With Ravi Jadeja out of the series, we think Axar Patel will slot in as the obvious replacement and he should be picked in this team as well, since he bats and bowls.

Mohammed Siraj had a great outing in Australia but with these turning Indian pitches, we think Kuldeep Yadav will be picked as the third spinner today. After his heroics with the bat in consecutive tests down under, Rishabh Pant has confirmed his place in the side and should be the wicket-keeper of your IND vs ENG Dream11 Team. Captain Virat Kohli slots in at #4 while it’s time for Jasprit Bumrah to also be selected.

England

Zak Crawley had a fall in the dressing room which resulted in him losing a spot in the first 2 Tests but I think we can rely on Joe Root who has scores of 186 and 228 in his last 2 Tests against Sri Lanka. There’s a lot of hype about Ben Stokes also rejoining the squad but I won’t be picking him because it’s been 6 months since his last professional fixture and he hasn’t had much training since his quarantine completed in India.

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There’s Moeen Ali in the side who could even be the captain or vice-captain of your PlayerzPot (Use Code “READ1234“) fantasy team because he turns the ball, will bat and even has a top score of 146 in a single Test match at this ground. With the ball, watch out for the fiery pace and bounce of Jofra Archer. He’s been fully fit and bowling well in the nets as per coaching staff while bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes is a must as well.

India vs England – 1st Test 2021 Betting

India vs England 2021 – 1st Test betting
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India Test Squad

Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Wriddhiman Saha, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel.

England Test Squad

Joe Root (C), Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Dom Bess, Jack Leach, Jofra Archer, Ben Foakes, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Ollie Stone.