The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared some picture of Indian Team leaving for the IND vs ENG Test. Indian team has a jam-packed schedule in England, as they will first play the last remaining test match, followed by the T20 series and lastly the One Day Internationals.
Pictures shared by BCCI has started another debate as Skipper Rohit Sharma seems to be missing in the photographs. BCCI shared several pictures with Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Shami and Shubman Gill.
With Rohit Sharma missing from these pictures, fans are constantly questioning Rohit’s absence. BCCI had earlier announced the team for the one-off Test against England. However, the squad for the limited overs series has not been announced yet. People will also be eying KL Rahul’s fitness in the Test team as till now BCCI has not given an update on his fitness. Moreover, in his absence, Shubman Gill can be seen opening with skipper Rohit Sharma.
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Here’s a little background history of the India VS England test series. The India tour of South Africa 2021 was played in July 20, 2021. It was a test five match series but both the teams played only four matches and the final match was cancelled due to covid-19.
The first test match between India and England was played on August 4, 2021 at Nottingham. However, none of the teams could register their first win and the match was drawn. The second match was played on August 12 in Lords and India won the match with 151 runs. The third match was played on August 25 in Leeds and giving a hard defeat to Indian, England won the match by an innings and 76 runs.
The fourth match was played on 2nd September in Kennington Oval, London. The match was again won by India with 157 runs. And now the final match will be played after nine months. The series is in India’s favour and the national team need to register the last nail in the coffin and lift the trophy.
Indian Squad for the IND vs ENG Test: Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami , Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Prasidh Krishna.
IND vs ENG Test Series Schedule
5th Test: Edgbaston from July 1-5
IND vs ENG T20 Series Schedule
1st T201: Ages Bowl on 7 July
2nd T20I: Edgbaston on 9 July
3rd T20I: Trent Bridge on July 10
IND vs ENG ODI Series Schedule
1st ODI: The Oval on July 12
2nd ODI: Lord’s on 14 July
3rd ODI: Manchester on 17 July
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