India will take the ground against an uproaring England after the conclusion of world test championship where they lost to New Zealand by 8 wickets. India plied their trade in world test championship final against the blackcaps from 18th to 23rd June at Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
A second tier Indian team will take the ground against Sri Lanka in a limited overs series but the squad that played in world test championship and few more cricketers will participate in the grueling five match test series against England.
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The series will commence from Trent Bridge in Nottingham from 4-8 August and will be followed by another test at Lord’s in London from 12-16 August.
After some gap, the third test will start from 25-29 August Headingley in Leeds followed by fourth test at Kennington Oval from 2-6 September. The final test will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester from 10-14 September.
Indian team: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance).
Standby players: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla
England team: To be announced
