Former England captain Michael von In the first Test, England’s decision to bowl first against India on a dry -headed wicket expressed surprise, as India reached 359 in the day and dominated 359. Shubman Gill An unbeaten 127 and scoring Yashsvi Jaiswal Contribution 101.England captain Ben stokes The first ground was selected in the field despite the warm and humid conditions providing minimum assistance to the bowlers on the dry surface.Since Stokes took over as captain in 2022 Brendon McCullum As a coach, England have selected the first ground in testing matches.

This decision may be influenced by recent history in Headingley, where teams have won the first six Test matches.Vaughan told the BBC Test match special, “I am an old school traditionalist. In Leeds here, when the sun is shining, with the dry season, you bat,” Vaughan told the BBC Test match special.“You look for England and his strength is in batting. And at this time there is inexperience in bowling. Ben had a clear feeling of an intestine, and sometimes it has done it.”Quiz: Who is that IPL player?Vaughan insisted that the current circumstances should determine the decision making rather than historical examples.He said, “You will always have to choose your decisions at that moment, not those things that you did here years ago or in other times. It cannot affect what is the decision today.”Vaughan accepted the challenge of holding runs on a good batting surface, but noted that Stokes remains optimistic.He said, “It was a good pitch, so it is not easy to ban the run. Ben Stokes is still positive and he will come back tomorrow saying ‘Let’s get seven wickets’,” he said.Vaughan reserved the final decision on the status of the pitch until the Indian Pace Spearhead is seen Jasprit Bumrah bowl.He said, “We will not know that unless we see Bumrah Bowl on him. He can bowl you with anything. As long as I see how flat I am on this pitch, I will decide on it.”