The much-anticipated England tour of India five test series is about to start with the first match of the series that would begin on 25th January 2024 at Hyderabad. England team arrived at Hyderabad for the first test match.
Since the last two Test series, the England team suffered humiliating losses on Indian soil with a whitewash during the 2016 Test series. Under the captaincy of Joe Root, they won the first Test at Chennai before losing the next three test matches during the 2020-21 series.
Indian team has been announced for the first two Test matches at Hyderabad and Vizag. On the other hand, Harry Brook will not take part due to personal reasons while Dan Lawerence has been named as his replacement.
It promises to be an exciting series whether the attacking style of England will work on Indian pitches or India will showcase their domination on Indian soil. KL Rahul will play the role of specialist batter in the Test series against England. The question remains about the wicketkeeping role between Dhruv Jurel and KS Bharat.
Here we look at the squads for the Test series between India and England
England
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes (C), Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Dan Lawerence, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jack Leach, Ben Foakes (WK), Mark Wood, James Anderson, Tom Hartley.
Indian Team for first two Test matches
Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.
Schedule of the Test series between India and England:
- Ind vs Eng (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad)- 25th-29th January 2024
- Ind vs Eng (ACA VDCA Stadium, Vizag)- 2nd-6th Feb 2024
- Ind vs Eng (SCA Stadium, Rajkot)- 15th-19th Feb 2024
- Ind vs Eng (JSCA Stadium, Ranchi)- 23rd-27th Feb 2024
- Ind vs Eng (HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala)- 7th-11th March 2024
All these five test matches will start from 9.30 AM onwards. These five test matches will be part of the 2023-25 ICC championship cycle.
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