India vs England Predicted Playing 11 2nd Test: Ishant Sharma replaces Shardul Thakur in IND XI for Lord's

India vs England 2nd Test Playing 11: Sportstar brings you the probable playing 11 updates of IND vs ENG 2nd test starting today at Lord's Cricket Ground.

Virat Kohli and the team management will have to make the choice between R Ashwin or an extra seamer for the second Test at Lord's.

India will take on England in the second Test at the iconic Lord's from Thursday. Virat Kohli's men will be without the services of Shardul Thakur while England's Stuart Broad has been ruled out of the remainder of the series.

England won the toss and elected to bowl first.

England 11: Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Haseeb Hameed, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson

India 11:  Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Jadeja,  Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah  

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Here's a look at the probable playing XIs for both sides.

India predicted 11:  Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma/Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

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England predicted 11: Rory Burns/Haseeb Hameed, Dom Sibley, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson

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Full Squads

India Squad: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Abhimanyu Easwaran

England   Full Squad: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Jonny Bairstow, Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler(w), Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Saqib Mahmood, James Anderson, Craig Overton, Sam Curran, Jack Leach, Dominic Bess, Ollie Pope, Haseeb Hameed`