Wood had missed the first Test due to a hip injury sustained during ICC T20 World Cup, which was also England's first in Pakistan in 17 years. The visitors won it by 74 runs. He will be replacing Livingstone, who will miss the remainder of the tour due to knee injury
Cricket fans are awaiting this clash with high anticipation following India's recent form in the T20 World Cup, where they just lost one match and finished as table toppers but rain could play spoilsport.
India finished their Group Stage at the top of their group's table, winning four out of their five Super 12 matches. A defeat to South Africa was the only blip in Men in Blue's consistent performances during the group stage
The wicketkeeper-batsman backed his team to win the semi-final against India on November 10 to deny cricket fans a high-voltage recap of the 2007 T20 World Cup final at the biggest stage of cricket.
Alex Hales gave a perfect start and Ben Stokes played a top knock in the end to help England survive the Sri Lanka scare in the death overs and win the match by four wickets to reach the semifinal of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2022
Nissanka (67 off 45 balls) posted a solid half-century on the board, but barely got support from other Lankan batters. Mark Wood (3/26) was the pick of the bowlers for England.