India vs England 4th Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is scheduled to be played from July 23 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester. Interestingly, India has never won a Test match at this venue and the fourth Test requires them to win at any cost to keep the series alive. Even after dominating the most sessions of Test matches, the scoreline reads 2-1 in favour of England. There are bound to be changes in the playing XI of India for the 4th Test. England is also going to be forced to make a change as Shoaib Bashir is ruled out of the series due to a finger injury.
IND vs ENG 4th Test 2025- Full Squads
India: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice Captain & Wicketkeeper-batter), Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper-batter), KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
England: Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (Wicketkeeper-batter), Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Liam Dawson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson
IND vs ENG 4th Test 2025- Probable Playing 11
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper-batter), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
England: Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (Wicketkeeper-batter), Liam Dawson, Brydon Carse, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer
Karun Nair has failed in all three matches so far and is expected to make way for Sai Sudharsan. Also, Nitish Kumar Reddy has been below par with the bat in the series and he could be replaced with Kuldeep Yadav at the Old Trafford.
For England, Liam Dawson is expected to be the obvious change as Shoaib is hurt and out of the series. Jacob Bethell is also expected to be part of the playing XI instead of Zak Crawley.