New Delhi, June 20 -- England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first Test against India at Headingly in Leeds on Friday. India hand debut to Sai Sudharsan while Karun Nair makes a comeback to the Test side after eight long years as the visitors go with three seamers in Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

England had already announced their playing XI a day before. After the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, there was always a question mark on who will occupy the No.3 spot in Tests, considering Cheteshwar Pujara is not being considered anymore.

The suspense ended when the Saurashtra batter handed over the Test 317th cap to Tamil Nadu's Sudharsan, who is coming after a prolific Indian ...