India will play their five-match Test series at home against England starting on January 25. The series will be part of the ongoing World Test Championship 2023-25. Meanwhile, as expected, it is reported that spin tracks will be made for the Three Lions. The visitors are expected to bat at 5-6 runs per over. However, the home team would like to combat the same.
“The Indian team will once again be playing on a turner track, and the team management felt that specialist spinners should handle the job at home. The team has many quality spinners, and the team won’t take any chances, especially when the pitch being offered will be a turner,” a source in the Indian Cricket Board informed.
Meanwhile, the last time England won a series in India was in late 2012 by 2-1
India Squad for First 2 Tests vs England:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan
On the other hand, the visitors had named their Test squad a while back, showing confidence in Shoaib Bashir, who has played only six first-class games.
ENGLAND SQUAD
Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson*, Jonny Bairstow, Shoib Bashir*, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley*, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood. (* indicates uncapped players).
| England’s Tour of India, 2023-24 – Test series | |||
| Sr. No. | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | 25th – 29th January | 1st Test | Hyderabad |
| 2 | 2nd – 6th February | 2nd Test | Vizag |
| 3 | 15th – 19th February | 3rd Test | Rajkot |
| 4 | 23rd – 27th February | 4th Test | Ranchi |
| 5 | 7th – 11th March | 5th Test | Dharamsala |
This is how Twitter reacted
Ashwin,Jadeja, axar and kuldeep is ready for test series vs England ?? pic.twitter.com/Dvw15KsdKp
— Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) January 13, 2024
Just one loss and they’ll be back to flat tracks..
— Shreyy (@Sadly_shrey) January 13, 2024
And just like Indore loss in BGT 2023, they will give flat tracks like Ahmedabad out of fear after a loss!!
— Rajiv (@Rajiv1841) January 13, 2024
England batters be like ??- pic.twitter.com/TsAwir0uIr
— CricketComiX (@CricketComiX) January 13, 2024
I hope India get well performance against england from Pakistan
— Abu Sufyan (@AbuSufy646) January 13, 2024
English media will start to cry from Day 1
— Abhay ?? (@abhayysrivastav) January 13, 2024
INDIA WILL HUMILIATE ENGLISH TEAM UNDER ROHIRAT ?! pic.twitter.com/wjUjRIhJBm
— A.Hanan Khan (@hanan_khan3) January 13, 2024
It’s very easy for India to defeat England
— Maryam. (@apki_murshad) January 13, 2024
Jadeja and Aswin pic.twitter.com/7nIf6Bsviu
— Radhika Chaudhary (@Radhika8057) January 13, 2024
Ashwin and jaddu pic.twitter.com/3sURZYdg6e
— Secular Chad (@SachabhartiyaRW) January 13, 2024
