England announced a 15 -member group for the second test against India, starting on 2 July in Birmingham. Express Pacer Jofra Arler returned to the test team after four years. England has not made any other change on Squad that won the first test against India in LeedSam Cook and Jacob Bethel are back after they were released to play County cricket in the middle of the first test.
England Squad for 2. Test vs India
- Ben Stokes (Captain), Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Betthel, Harry Brook, Byrdon Cars, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pte, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (Wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes.
Archer returned to play first -class cricket for Sussex against Durham in Chester Le Street early this week in an effort demonstrate his wrestling-fitness for cricket red ball. In the regional game he bowed for 18 years and raised the goal.
Archer expressed confidence in his ability to resist the strictness of the cricket of the red ball. The thirty-year-old acknowledged that the challenge ahead would now be the mental battle-so, that she was convinced he would win.
“Now it’s a different challenge, because I know my body can withstand it. The mental part of the game (it will be hard). I will have to fight it a little in the next few days, but it’s all good. It’s a new challenge, and I will always carry,” Archer said for Sussex.
The express Pacer last played a test match for England against India in Ahmedabad in February 2021. He played a total of 13 tests and chose 42 goals.
After this appearance, Archer’s red ball career suddenly stopped. Shortly thereafter, he underwent surgery to remove the glass from the tendon in his hand and had the elbow procedure – his first of several – May and December 2021.
The scans in August 2021 revealed a fracture of stress in the right elbow and excluded it from the rest of that year, including Ashes and the World Cup T20. In May 2022 he suffered a fracture of stress with lower back and pushed him throughout the summer.
Although at the beginning of 2023 he returned to cricket white ball, including ODI and T20is against South Africa and Bangladesh, it came at the price: the discomfort of the elbow during the IPL led to the middle of the season, followed by scanning confirming another fracture of stress in the same locality in May 2023.
Archer’s workload was one of the biggest speaking points in the English cricket. In 2024 he missed the whole season IPL.
Archer, however, was available in 2024 for the World Cup T20 and Champions Trophy. He also played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025, making a mark for the Sanju Samson team.
England retains faith in the winning group
England has not made any changes in their winning combination. In the ongoing absence of Jofra Archer in the first test against India, Chris Woakes, Josh Language and Brydon Cars were built. Captain Ben Stokes fulfilled the role of the fourth sailor perfectly and in the first shifts claimed five goals, including a haul with four goals.
Cars and the tongue increased on this occasion, even though Woakes had a relatively quiet trip with the ball.
England continued to win the first test and successfully persecuted 371 in the last shifts-and registered their second highest successful running in test history. Their bowling unit remained disciplined and persistent, although in both shifts the Indian highest orders shone. The four doughs of the highest order have seen centuries, including the remarkable two hundred from the panties from the goal of Rishabh. However, although she held on top at different stages, India suffered dramatic collapse in both shifts that lost seven goals for 41 runs in the first and six for 31 in the second.
England will transfer momentum and psychological advantage to the next match and never lost India in Edgbaston. They won seven and drew one of the eight tests that played against India at the venue. In particular, it was in Edgbaston in 2022 that England recorded their highest successful persecution in test crickets-378 Runso-Type against India.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
June 26, 2025
Tune
