18-member India Cricket Test Series squad against England |
After the thumping triumph in the Test Series in Australia, the Indian cricket team is brimming with confidence and is ready to take on the ever so competitive England Cricket team in the upcoming Four test series to be played in India. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the official squad for the first two Tests for the home series against England. Regular skipper Virat Kohli will return to the team for the test series to be played in February. Surprisingly, in view of COVID-19, BCCI has named an 18-member squad instead of the regular 16-member squad. The squad includes Virat Kohli as Captain, Ajinkya Rahane as Vice-captain, Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant , Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Shardul Thakur. The first test is scheduled for February 5th to 9th followed by the second from February 13th to 17th, with both games to be played in Chennai. The third and fourth tests will be played at Ahmedabad on February 24th to 28th and March 4th to 8th, respectively.
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