Overview

• Players from India and England donned black armbands on Day 1 of the second Test at Edgbaston in memory of former England opener Wayne Larkins.
• England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl first as his side aims for a 2-0 advantage in the five-match series.
• The tribute continues a series-long tradition that earlier recognized victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash and late cricketers David Lawrence and Dilip Doshi.
• Larkins, who died June 28 at age 71, represented England in 13 Tests and 25 ODIs and compiled over 27,000 first-class runs for Northamptonshire and Durham.
• India reshuffled their bowling by resting Jasprit Bumrah and inserting Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep while England retained their Leeds winning XI.