IND vs ENG 2024: India & England Probable Playing XI for the First Test Match in Hyderabad | India vs England Test Series 2024: Team India will be playing a five playing a five match test series against England in Indian Conditions and this series is very important for both the teams for the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025. Virat Kohli will be unavailable for the first two test matches and his replacement is yet to be announced by the BCCI.
The Indian Team did an excellent job against Afghanistan as they won the three-match T20I series by 3-0. But, now it’s time for the test cricket to show their skills against the bazball. However, Team India have excellent records against England in Indian Conditions and they are expected to dominate them in this five-test series.
The First Test match is set to start from January 25, 2024 at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Then, both the teams will play the respective matches in Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi, and Dharamsala. Currently Team India is at second position in the ICC WTC 2023-25 Points Table but they will be looking to improve it.
However, After losing the Ashes England are at the bottom of ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 Points Table and they have to play excellent cricket against strong teams like India. But, it is not going to be easy for England to defeat the Indian Team in their home conditions. Last Time, England defeated India in the Indian Conditions in test cricket in 2012.
IND vs ENG 2024, India & England Probable Playing XIs:
Team India’s Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
England’s Playing XI: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Joe Root, Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
IND vs ENG 2024 Test Squad:
Team India Test Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Srikar Bharat, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan.
England Test Squad: Ben Stokes (Captain), Joe Root, Zak Crawley, Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Robinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Jack Leach, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Ollie Pope, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
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