Lord’s Showdown: India vs England 3rd Test Predicted Playing 11

Jasprit Bumrah set to return in our India vs England 2025 3rd Test match best predicted playing 11 for both teams. 

We are at Lord’s, and the Test series is nicely poised at 1-1. The result may even at 1-1, but Team India have been a better team in both matches combined. Team India made a few mistakes in the fielding and bowling department, but as a team, India have performed really well overall. Batting, which was supposed to be the key weakness of the Indian team, has actually been their biggest strength. Even bowling has been top-notch in Bumrah’s absence. 

Captain Shubman Gill has already confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah will play at Lord’s. This is a huge relief for the Indian team as it will make the bowling lineup even stronger. But if Bumrah returns, who goes out, and will Team India make any further changes to the playing 11? Well, these are interesting questions, and with unpredictable Gautam Gambhir at the helm, they are certainly not easy ones to predict.

The Indian team made 3 changes to the playing 11 after their loss in the first Test match. These changes were uncalled for, but that’s how the current team management operates. The team takes reactive decisions, and if one strategy doesn’t work, they quickly switch to another strategy. The team talked about taking 20 wickets as their priority. But when we look at the team for the 2nd Test match, it was once again focused more on batting depth. Sure, the result was in India’s favour, but that team was far from what Gambhir and Gill said in the Press conference.   

Key Match Details

Tour Details: India Tour of England 2025

Match Details: India vs England 3rd Test Match

Where: Lord’s

When: July 10-14, 2025, 3:30 pm IST

The iconic Lord’s will be the venue for the 3rd Test match. In the last three matches for India over here, India have won twice, which shows there is a different energy with which India play at Lord’s. The team combination for India has mostly differed in all three matches. The team did well when they went with 4 pacers, and ideally that should be the strategy for this match as well.  

India vs England 2025 Official Test Squad and Players List for the Indian Team  

Batters

1. Abhimanyu Easwaran
2. KL Rahul
3. Karun Nair
4. Sai Sudharsan
5. Shubman Gill (c)
6. Yashasvi Jaiswal

Wicket-keepers

1. Dhruv Jurel
2. Rishabh Pant (vc)

All-rounders

1. Nitish Reddy
2. Ravindra Jadeja
3. Washington Sundar

Bowlers

1. Akash Deep
2. Arshdeep Singh
3. Jasprit Bumrah
4. Kuldeep Yadav
5. Mohammed Siraj
6. Prasidh Krishna
7. Shardul Thakur

Jasprit Bumrah for Prasidh Krishna seems a straightforward swap for this Test match. But aside from this change, India should also look at playing Shardul Thakur for one from Nitish Reddy or Washington Sundar. Shardul at makes more sense at the moment as India need to strengthen their bowling more than batting. Nitish hasn’t had much impact with the bat, and his bowling seems pale. Hence, using Washington Sundar as the spin all-rounder at 7 works better than playing Nitish Reddy at this position. 

Meanwhile, Karun Nair hasn’t had the impact the Indian team was expecting in the Test series so far. With close to 77 runs from 4 innings, Karun got starts, but couldn’t convert them into a big knock. Given India’s focus on giving their players long go (at least that’s what management says in the press conference), expect India to give one more opportunity to Karun Nair, before taking a call on him for the 4th Test match. 

India vs England 2025 3rd Test Best Predicted Playing 11 for the Indian Team

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal
2. KL Rahul
3. Karun Nair
4. Shubman Gill (c)
5. Rishabh Pant (wk)
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Washington Sundar
8. Shardul Thakur
9. Akash Deep
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Mohammed Siraj

India vs England 2025 Official 3rd Test Squad and Players List for Eng

Batters

1. Ben Ducket
2. Harry Brook
3. Joe Root
4. Ollie Pope
5. Zak Crawley 

Wicket-keepers

1. Jamie Smith

All-rounders

1. Ben Stokes
2. Brydon Carse
3. Chris Woakes
4. Jamie Overton
5. Jacob Bethell

Bowlers

1. Gus Atkinson
2. Jofra Archer
3. Josh Tongue
4. Shoaib Bashir
5. Sam Cook

The England team will see the return of their two best pacers, Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson. England had a mediocre bowling lineup i both tests, but the return of Jofra and Atkinson will bolster their attack a lot. Both are solid bowlers, and can bat a bit too. They should replace Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue, respectively. Alternatively, England can bring Gus Atkinson for Chris Woakes, and continue playing Josh Tonue, who has looked good too. The team may also bring in Jacob Bethell for struggling Zak Crawley. 

India vs England 2025 3rd Test Best Predicted Playing 11 for England

1. Ben Duckett
2. Jacob Bethell
3. Ollie Pope
4. Joe Root
5. Harry Brook  (c)
6. Ben Stokes
7. Jamie Smith (wk)
8. Chris Woakes
9. Jofra Archer
10. Gus Atkinson
11. Shoaib Bashir

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