3. Joe Root:
The English batting star marginally pips Cheteshwar Pujara for the No. 3 position in this team due to his better stats. He scored 491 runs in the series compared to Pujara’s 401 and deserves to be in this XI.
Batting Stats:
| Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 5 | 10 | 491 | 124 | 49.1 | 1 | 4 |