‘English media will start crying from Day 1’ – Fans react as reports suggest India will play on spin-friendly tracks against England

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).

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