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Venue :
It is currently 12 degrees at Dharamshala, but the weather is expected to implode over the next five days. According to multiple reports, the temperature in the city is set to dip to -4 degrees Celsius. So, that could play a huge factor in the clash, where, for once, pace could be an overriding factor over spin.
Only one Test has been played at the venue, and that came way back in 2017 when India beat Australia in the final Test of the series, courtesy Kuldeep Yadav. In four innings at the venue, spinners have picked up 18 wickets, with 12 wickets for the pacers. So, has the venue changed a lot since 2017?
Across 28 innings at the first-class level, the pacers have taken a whopping 92.7% (215 wickets). The pacers average 25.6 at the venue compared to spinners (68.9).
Suggested teams
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Top Run scorers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.
Top wicket takers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.
Grand League Punts
- There’s a big risk in picking Kuldeep Yadav, given that there is a huge uncertainty around his place in the XI. But numbers heavily favour Kuldeep, who broke open a very good Australian batting unit in the only Test at the venue. The left-arm unorthodox spinner picked up four wickets in the Test. In that very clash, 22 out of the 32 wickets fell to spin.
Probable XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubhman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, James Anderson, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood
