5th Test of the "Pataudi Trophy, 2021/22" will be played between England and India (ENG vs IND) at the Edgbaston, Birmingham.
ENG vs IND (England vs India), 5th Test - Match Information
Match: England vs India, 5th Test
Date: 1st July 2022
Time: 03:00 PM IST
Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction 5th Test, 1st July | Pataudi Trophy 2022 | Fantasy Gully
ENG vs IND, Edgbaston, Birmingham Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Edgbaston, Birmingham will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 4 matches is 204 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 50% of its matches. So the toss does not make much of a difference here.
Pacers have been very successful at this venue. They have earned 90% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. We would suggest that you pick as many pace bowlers as possible in your team.
ENG vs IND, Head to Head
In the 130 matches played between these 2 teams, England have won 49 matches and India have won 31 matches. England Batters have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for India.
ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Joe Root
Joe Root is in sublime form as he has scored a century in 4 out his last 6 Tests (total 685 runs in these) and this makes him a must have. Talking about his recent record in this series, he is the leading run getter with 564 runs which includes 3 centuries and 1 fifty.
Cheteshwar Pujara
Cheteshwar Pujara recently represented Sussex in the County championship and is the highest run getter for them this season (720 runs in just 5 matches, includes 2 double centuries and 2 centuries) and thus we can say that currently he is the most ready and best suited Indian batter for this conditions.
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow is averaging 64.5 in Tests this year (774 runs in 7 matches) which makes him an in form pick. As context, the last time he played at this venue against India (2018) he scored 98 runs in that match.
ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Jamie Overton
Jamie Overton recently made his debut against NZ and in that match he might have taken only 2 wickets, but scored 97 runs and thus gave big fantasy points in that match. Talking about his recent form, he has taken 21 wickets and scored 212 runs at an average of 53 in just 5 matches in the ongoing season of County cricket for his team Surrey.
Shardul Thakur
Shardul Thakur since 2021 has played 6 Tests, in which he has performed not only with the ball but has also scored crucial runs lower down the order. In these 6 matches he has taken 26 wkts and scored 245 runs with the bat (an average of 4 wkts and 40 runs per match) and thus has scored fantasy points with both bat and ball.
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah is the leading wicket taker for India in this series with 18 wickets in 4 matches. He also has a good bowling record in England having taken 32 wickets in 8 Tests (average of 4 wkts per match).
ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin has an outstanding record against ENG in Tests having taken 88 wickets in just 19 matches and also scored 970 runs in these which accounts to an estimated average of 140+ fantasy points per match. Also, the only time he played at this venue, he took 7 wickets and also scored crucial 23 runs in that match.
Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes as captain in 4 Tests has scored 283 runs and taken 9 wickets which are fantastic numbers. Moreover, in his last series at home against India, he took 14 wickets and scored 200 runs in just 4 matches which were fantastic numbers.
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ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction: Top Players of the Last Match
The Top Point Getters for England are Chris Woakes with 236 match fantasy points. Moeen Ali with 122 match fantasy points and Ollie Robinson with 109 match fantasy points.
The Top Point Getters for India are Shardul Thakur with 215 match fantasy points. Rohit Sharma with 183 match fantasy points and Virat Kohli with 125 match fantasy points.
ENG vs IND Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Joe Root is a Batter and has an average of 132 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.9 and a low XFactor.
Jamie Overton is a Bowler and has an average of 162 match fantasy points in the last 1 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and a medium XFactor.
Shardul Thakur is a Bowler and has an average of 123 match fantasy points in the last 7 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and a medium XFactor.
Jonny Bairstow is a Wicket-Keeper and has an average of 122 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and a medium XFactor.
Cheteshwar Pujara plays as a Batter and has an average of 64 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and a low XFactor.
ENG vs IND Squad Information
England (ENG) Squad: James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Lees, Ben Foakes, Craig Overton, Jack Leach, Sam Billings, Jamie Overton, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley and Matthew Potts
India (IND) Squad: Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Shami, Hanuma Vihari, KL Rahul, Srikar Bharat, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Siraj and Shubman Gill
ENG vs IND Dream11 Team Today
Wicket-Keepers: Jonny Bairstow and Rishabh Pant
Batters: Cheteshwar Pujara, Joe Root, Ollie Pope and Virat Kohli
All-Rounders: Jamie Overton and Ravichandran Ashwin
Bowlers: James Anderson, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur
Captain: Joe Root
Vice-Captain: Jamie Overton
ENG vs IND (England vs India), 5th Test Preview
England and India have played 4 matches in the series, with India winning 2 games.
In their previous encounter in this series, Rohit Sharma was the Man of the Match and Chris Woakes scored the highest fantasy points for England with 236 match fantasy points while Shardul Thakur topped the fantasy points leaderboard for India with 215 match fantasy points.