The England cricket team has announced the squad for the upcoming five-match Test series against India. The two teams will face each other in the five-match series in January and February next year.
ben stokes He will be the captain of the 16-member strong team. The ECB has also added three non-international players to the squad. Fast bowler Gut Atkinson is one of them and was selected based on his performances in the county championship last year, where he picked 20 wickets.
Apart from him, the ECB has also included Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir in the team. Both were part of the England Lions squad that trained in the United Arab Emirates last month. The ECB organized a camp for the players to prepare for the India series.
The ECB also called up Rehan Ahmed to the team. Apart from this, Ollie Pope and Jack Leach will also return after suffering injuries in the Ashes. Ben Foakes was also added to the team after being excluded from the team due to the presence of Jonny Bairstow.
The rest of the team has pretty familiar names. Joe Root, Zack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes will be the specialist batsmen. Veteran bowler James Anderson will lead the bowling attack, which features the likes of Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson and others.
IND vs ENG: England squad for five-Test series against India
Test equipment: Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Ben Stokes (captain), Mark Wood
Here is the schedule of IND vs ENG test series:
1st test: India vs England, January 25-29, Hyderabad
2nd test: India vs England, February 2-6, Vizag
3rd test: India-England, February 15-19, Rajkot
4th test: India-England, February 23-27, Ranchi
Fifth test: India-England, March 7-11, Dharamsala
