England chooses to bowl first against India in test series opener at Headingley

LEEDS: England chose to bowl first against India in the test series opener at Headingley on Friday. Both teams would have picked to field first. The last six test winners in Leeds bowled first. The pitch has a green tinge and the weather is sunny and humid, the temperature topping out at 29 degrees on days one and two. India, under new skipper Shubman Gill, has chosen to debut top-order batter Sai Sudharsan, give middle-order bat Karun Nair his first test in eight years.

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