<p>Birmingham: England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl against India, who will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, in the second Test of the five-match series here on Wednesday.</p><p>England fielded an unchanged side that won the opening Test by five wickets.</p><p>India decided to rest premier pacer Bumrah with Akash Deep replacing him. While all-rounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar came in for Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur in the playing XI.</p>.Confused India have a battle at hand against confident England.<p>Asked why Bumrah was left out, India skipper Shubman Gill said: "Just to manage his workload, this is an important match but third match being at Lords, there will be a bit in the wicket, and we thought we'll play him there."</p><p>There was also no Kuldeep Yadav and Gill said they looked to add depth to the batting following the defeat in the series opener.</p><p>"We were tempted to play him but we thought of adding a bit of depth in our batting," said Gill.</p><p>England will wear black armbands on Wednesday in memory of former England, Northamptonshire and Durham cricketer Wayne Larkins, who passed away on June 28.</p><p>England had chased down 371 on the final day to win the first Test at Headingley.</p><p>Teams:</p><p>England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.</p><p>India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.</p>
<p>Birmingham: England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl against India, who will be without pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, in the second Test of the five-match series here on Wednesday.</p><p>England fielded an unchanged side that won the opening Test by five wickets.</p><p>India decided to rest premier pacer Bumrah with Akash Deep replacing him. While all-rounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar came in for Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur in the playing XI.</p>.Confused India have a battle at hand against confident England.<p>Asked why Bumrah was left out, India skipper Shubman Gill said: "Just to manage his workload, this is an important match but third match being at Lords, there will be a bit in the wicket, and we thought we'll play him there."</p><p>There was also no Kuldeep Yadav and Gill said they looked to add depth to the batting following the defeat in the series opener.</p><p>"We were tempted to play him but we thought of adding a bit of depth in our batting," said Gill.</p><p>England will wear black armbands on Wednesday in memory of former England, Northamptonshire and Durham cricketer Wayne Larkins, who passed away on June 28.</p><p>England had chased down 371 on the final day to win the first Test at Headingley.</p><p>Teams:</p><p>England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.</p><p>India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.</p>