Mark Wood replaces Shoaib Bashir for England’s third Test against India

Mark Wood replaces Shoaib Bashir in England’s only change for the third Test against India starting in Rajkot on Thursday.

The England selectors have opted for Wood’s pace ahead of Bashir’s off-spin and the PA news agency understands Rehan Ahmed’s visa issue has now been resolved.

The teenage leg-spinner’s single-entrance visa expired the moment he left for England’s mid-series break in the United Arab Emirates and he was initially red-flagged upon the team’s return to India on Monday. He was granted an emergency two-day visa.

One change to our XI for the third Test in Rajkot

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England go into the test with the series level at 1-1 after the opening two Tests in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.

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