{"id":52004,"date":"2024-01-24T22:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/stokes-unveils-spin-heavy-xi-for-englands-test-opener-in-india\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T22:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:48:55","slug":"stokes-unveils-spin-heavy-xi-for-englands-test-opener-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/stokes-unveils-spin-heavy-xi-for-englands-test-opener-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Stokes unveils spin-heavy XI for England&#8217;s Test opener in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Stokes unveils spin-heavy XI for England\u2019s Test opener in India<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>England announed playing Xi for the first Test against India.<\/li>\n<li>Stokes named four spinners and one pacer.<\/li>\n<li>Bashir returned to UK amid a delayed visa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the first Test match between England and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/suryakumar-yadav-wins-icc-mens-t20i-cricketer-of-the-year-again\/\">India<\/a>, which takes place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad from January 25 to 29, the playing XI has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>England will play their first red-ball match under Ben Stokes since the Ashes in 2023, when they overcame a 2-0 deficit to square the series at 2-2 after one match ended in a rain-related draw.<\/p>\n<p>With favorable weather and a slow pitch in mind, Stokes decided to send out four spinners and one pacer, Mark Wood.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Foakes will take on the job of wicketkeeper, while Jonny Bairstow will play as a specialist middle-order batsman, after Harry Brook withdrew from the series due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n<h2>England playing XI<\/h2>\n<p>Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pop, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to maintain their pristine red-ball record at home, India has not yet revealed their playing XI. Rohit Sharma is currently assembling the ideal team to take the field in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>It should be mentioned that Virat Kohli of India cited personal reasons for his withdrawal from the first two Test matches. However, because of a delayed visa, England\u2019s uncapped spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/england-spinner-bashir-visit-delayed-by-visa-issues-for-india-tests\/\">Shoaib Bashir<\/a> returned to the UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-24T135759.693-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Stokes out as bowler after surgery, focuses on batting for now\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Ben Stokes out as bowler after surgery, focuses on batting for now<\/h5>\n<p>Ben Stokes is unlikely to bowl in the India series due to&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/ben-stokes-out-as-bowler-after-surgery-focuses-on-batting-for-now\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stokes unveils spin-heavy XI for England\u2019s Test opener in India England announed playing Xi for the first Test against India. Stokes named four spinners and one pacer. Bashir returned to UK amid a delayed visa. For the first Test match between England and India, which takes place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-24T152137.513.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}