Shoaib Bashir to debut, James Anderson recalled for second Test against India

Shoaib Bashir, the 20-year-old Somerset offspinner, will make his Test debut at Visakhapatnam on Friday, after being named as Jack Leach's replacement in England's XI. Bashir connected up with the crew mid-way through their 28-run triumph in Hyderabad last week, in the wake of enduring entanglements with his India visa, yet will space straight into the group as a substitution for Jack Drain, whose effect in that match was prevented by swelling to the left knee, supported while handling right off the bat. Ben Stirs up, Britain's commander, affirmed another change just before the Test, with James Anderson getting back to the group as the solitary seamer, instead of Imprint Wood, who went wicketless in a similar job at Hyderabad. It will be Anderson's 184th Test cap, and his first of 2024, and will finish one of the most hack sided Test goes after at any point handled, with the remainder of Britain's expert bowlers in a twist weighty assault bragging an all out three Test covers. Rehan Ahmed, the legspinner, holds his place after a restricted job in Hyderabad, having appeared in Karachi in December 2022, while Tom Hartley will accept his subsequent cap, having guaranteed second-innings figures of 7 for 62 to seal Britain's first-Test triumph. England 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Ben Foakes (wk), 8 Rehan Ahmed, 9 Tom Hartley, 10 Shoaib Bashir, 11 James Anderson.