The 5 test match series between India and England will start tomorrow i.e. from 25th January. Residents will have their first match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. It is not cheap to play Virat Kohli from India in the first 2 Tests and Harry Brook from England for the entire series.

There are many players in both the teams who have the power to change the course of the match on their own. We will learn about 8 such gamechangers of the company in this story.

4 possible gamechangers of Team India

1. Virat Kohli

35-year-old Virat Kohli will be available from the third studio of the series. Kohli has so far scored 8848 runs in 113 Tests for India, which includes 29 centuries and 30 fifties. He is India’s top runner among active batsmen scorers. He was also the top run scorer of Team India in the last Test series against South Africa.

He has scored 2483 runs in 38 Tests against England, which includes 4 centuries and 16 fifties. In Asian conditions, he has scored 4597 runs in 59 Tests, which is the highest among Indian players in the stable squad. He is also the highest run-scorer in the World Test Championship 2023-25. He has 369 runs in his name in 4 tests.

2. Rohit Sharma
Team India captain Rohit Sharma has been among India’s top-3 scorers for the last 2 years. He scored 635 runs in 10 tests by scoring 2 centuries and 2 fifties. Virat was at number one and Rishabh Pant was at number two.

Rohit has scored 3737 runs in 54 tests for India. After Virat’s departure, he is the most experienced batsman in the Stallist squad. After him Ravichandran Ashwin has scored more than 3000 runs. Even in Asian conditions, Rohit was out after scoring 8 centuries and 2210 runs.

Rohit showed his attacking approach in the recent T-20 series against Afghanistan. He could not do anything special in South Africa but he was the second top scorer in the first World Cup. Last year in Australia, he scored a century against Nagpur on a difficult pitch, hence he is an important batsman for India too.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin
It will be difficult to overcome the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, Restless Stars and Axar Patel coming into England. On the spin pitches of India, these are the spinners who can change the course of the match at any time. Ashwin is the best spinner in the world at present. He has taken 387 wickets in Asia and can cross the 400 wicket mark in the series.

World number-1 bowler Ashwin in Test is at the top in terms of taking most wickets among the last two Parsi teams. He has 88 wickets in his name in 19 Tests against England, which is the highest among active ball Indians. He has dismissed England captain Ben Stokes for the longest number of times in cricket (11).

Ashwin is 10 wickets away from 500 Test wickets, he has 490 wickets in 95 Tests. He is the second active spinner in the list of top wicket takers. Australia’s Nathan Lyon is ahead. Ashwin has the record of taking 10 or more wickets in a match 8 times, while he has the record of taking 5 or more wickets in an innings 34 times.

4. Revenue
Star Risky Stock is the No. 1 Test Stock in the ICC Rankings. Along with the ball, he is also a crafter with the bat. So far, he has scored 2804 runs along with 275 wickets in 68 tests. He took 207 wickets in Asia and in the last home Test series against Australia, he took 22 wickets. He has taken 51 wickets in just 16 tests against England.

In the last 2 years, he has taken 43 wickets in only 10 tests. During this period he also had 609 runs in his name. He has also scored 2 Test centuries in the last 2 years only. Left arm spinner Akshar Patel had performed well on the last tour of England. This time, along with Akshara, Team India’s best left arm spinner Zar will also challenge England.

England’s 4 potential gamechangers

1. Joe Root
England’s top-order batsman Joe Root is the most popular English player against India. He has scored 2526 runs in 25 tests, which include 9 centuries and 10 fifties. The one who scores 30 runs in the Root series will also become the foreign batsman who scores the most runs against India. Ahead of him is Australia’s Ricky Ponting, who has scored 2555 runs.

For England, he has scored 11,416 runs in 135 Tests with the help of 30 centuries and 60 fifties. He is the top run scorer among active players. In Asia, he has scored 2117 runs in just 23 tests. He also scored 5 centuries and 10 fifties in condition.

Even in the last 2 years, Root has scored a total of 1885 runs in 23 Test games. Which also includes 7 Centuries and 7 Fifty. Root had also taken 5 wickets in the innings on the last tour of India, so he is at the crease with bowling also.

2. Ben Stokes
England team captain Ben Stokes has scored 6117 runs in his 10-year career. He scored 13 centuries and 30 fifties in 97 tests. He has taken 197 wickets with his pace bowling. India’s Stokes has scored 773 runs in 16 Tests at an average of 26.65. Which includes one century and 4 fifty. He has 39 wickets in the upload.

In Asia, he has 1124 runs in his name in only 20 tests. Which includes one century and 7 fifty. On the last tour in Asia against Pakistan, he batted very aggressively and helped the team win the Test series.

However Stockholm has not been successful in India till date. He can’t even bowl against India. Fans and Ravichandran Ashwin have dismissed him 11 times, the maximum number of critics. But he can help his experienced and scientific team win the Test series in India after 12 years.

3. Jack Leach
Left arm spinner Jack Leach is the most experienced spinner in the England squad, with 124 wickets to his name. The English team has brought young spinners like Rehan Ahmed, Shobe Bashir and Tom Hartley to India. Rehan has played one Test, while Rest 2 could not even make his debut. Part-time spinner Joe Root is the second most successful spinner in the England squad with 60 Test wickets. He also has the record of taking 5 wickets in India.

Leach has taken 19 wickets in 5 tests against India. He is the English spinner who has taken the most wickets in the last two years. He took 60 wickets in 17 Tests at an economy of 2.97. He has taken 61 wickets in 12 Tests in Asian conditions.

Team India’s batsmen had to face a lot of trouble against left arm spinners in the last few years. Matthew Kuhnman also troubled Team India a lot during the last Australia tour. In such a situation, this India trip for Leach can prove to be the best tour of his career.

4. James Anderson
The most experienced player of the English squad, 41-year-old James Anderson, is just 10 wickets away from 700 Test wickets. He is the pacer with the highest number of 690 wickets in Test cricket. Anderson also has months in the boat with the reverse volume from the new ball and the old ball.

Anderson is also just 11 wickets away from taking 150 Test wickets against India. He played an important role in the victory against India by taking 5 wickets in the first test on the last tour. Anderson has 82 wickets in his name in Asia and is also the most successful bowler of the team here. In the last 2 years, he has taken 51 wickets in only 15 tests.

squad of both

Team India for the first 2 tests: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Aydar, KL Rahul (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Alameda Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mayank Kumar (vice-captain ) ) and Avesh Khan.

England: Ben Stokes (captain), Rehan, Ahmed James Anderson, Gas Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shob Bashir, Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Fox, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root and Mark Wood.