England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl first in the second Test against India at Trent Bridge. Even though English captain Ben Stokes expressed that he is happy, he did not mention the reason for getting in Jofra Archer. However, there is no Jasprit Bumrah for India in the second Test as Akash Deep takes his place. When asked about the reason, Indian skipper Shubman Gill simply replied, it's nothing but Jasprit Bumrah has been rested keeping in mind his workload. Meanwhile, India drops Sai Sudharsan and Shardul Thakur and gets Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar in place. That means Karun Nair will be backed at Number 3. Here's what the captains said at the toss: Ben Stokes: We're going to bowl. Overhead conditions favour it. Did consider everything (bringing Archer into the squad?). Very good team performance last week, we're confident. You understand the conditions better as you go deeper into the Test. Brains and me and Baz are not three things you put together. Great run chase, great Test to be part of great start to the series. Last week is last week, need to concentrate on this week. Shubman Gill: Would've bowled first as well. If there's anything in the wicket, it's in the first day. Three changes - Reddy, Washi and Akash Deep come in. No Bumrah. Just to manage his workload. We did get a good break and this is an important match for us. But the third Test being at Lord's, we think there'll be more in that pitch so we'll use him there. We were tempted to play Kuldeep but looking at the last match, our lower order didn't do well, so decided to add some depth to the batting. Read also: Champions Trophy to return as World Club Championship in 2026 India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL rahul, Karun NAir, Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna England Playing XI: Ben Stokes (C), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (WK), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir