England would take on India in the series-decider at the Kennington Oval, London from Thursday onwards, with a 2-1 lead under their belt. The home team has suffered a huge blow as Ben Stokes has been ruled out with a right shoulder injury. The hosts have made four changes to their playing XI, with Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Gus Atkinson, and Josh Tongue coming into the side.

India’s gun fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is likely to miss out in the final XI to manage his workload. It would be interesting to note if the visitors would play Kuldeep Yadav or will they continue with their same approach of playing with an extra all-rounder?

Dhruv Jurel will replace injured Rishabh Pant in the playing XI and he will look to grab his opportunity with both hands.

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Shubman Gill needs seven maximums to reach 50 sixes in the red-ball format.

Harry Brook needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in Tests.

England’s veteran batter Joe Root needs 91 runs to complete 13500 runs in Test cricket. He needs five sixes to reach 50 maximums in the format.

Chris Woakes needs nine wickets to reach 200 scalps in the red-ball version.

England’s Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue

India Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Karun Nair, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, N Jagadeesan, Arshdeep Singh, Akash Deep

England Squad: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope(c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue, Liam Dawson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer