India vs England Test Series: Squads, Schedule, Where to Watch IND vs ENG Live, News, Updates, Head-to-Head, Stats, Records, Who will win

India vs England Test Series: The IND vs ENG Test Series is on its way and its sure to make a wave across the cricketing world. The craze for the 5-day matches is back in this part of the world and it is no surprise that the reason for this paradigm shift in the choices of the country’s public is the recent epic series win against Australia that too on Australian soil. The test victory in Gabba was a record-breaking one with the Men In Blue achieving the feat of defeating Australia after record 33 years.

IND vs ENG Squads

The squad for the first two tests is announced for both the Indian and England team. Let us take a look at the Indian side.

IND Squad: Virat Kohli has returned to play the role of the skipper of the Indian side. Ajinkya Rahane is declared as the Vice-Captain of the team, however, some of the Cricket Pundits are all praises for the Mumbai boy and they do believe that Rahane could have continued captaincy even with Kohli’s presence after the heroic win in the recent Australian series. The other batsmen that are selected for the team is Rohit Sharma, Mayank Aggarwal, Shubham Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, all-rounder Hardik Pandya, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and Wriddhiman Saha. Those selected amongst the spinners are Ravichandra Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar. The Indian pace attack would include Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Md Siraj and Shardul.

There are a few net bowlers who would be joining the practice session for Team India namely Ankit Rajput, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham.

A list of backup players is also announced. These reserve players shall be called upon if required by the team. The standby players are Abhi many Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar. Priyank Panchal and KS Bihar.

ENG Squad: The captain of the England team will be Joe Root. The batsmen in the team is Rory Burns, Zack Crawley, Dan Lawrence, Dom Sibley. Jos Butler as the wicketkeeper of the team and Ben Foakes as the reserve wicketkeeper. All-rounders in the team are Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes The line up of bowlers include Stuart Broad, Olly Stone, Jofra Archer and James Anderson. The line up of spinners in the team have Jack Leach, Dome Bess

IND vs ENG Schedule
The tournament is scheduled to start from 5th February and the last match will be played till 8th March 2021. There are 4 test matches in the series, with 2 matches each played on the same grounds. The first and second test matches will be played in MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. The last 2 matches will take place in Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. The locations for the test matches are restricted to only 2 stadiums. This has been planned to restrict the movement of players and team staff in congruence with the ongoing COVID-19 protocol. The test matches will be followed by T20I from the 12th to the 20th of March. The venue for the T20 internationals has also been kept in Motera stadium, Ahmedabad. The strategic move is part of the precautionary measure to safeguard us from the ongoing global pandemic.

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Where to Watch IND vs ENG Live?
The matches will be broadcasted live on Star Sports network. The live streaming will take place on Disney + Hotstar. You are up for a much-awaited event, the matches are sure to be nail bitter. You should not miss the drama and all the action behind the matches.

IND vs ENG Test News
The rivalry between the two cricket playing nations is nothing new. It has been ever since 1932 when the first official test match was played between the 2 countries. England team has a much better record against India. The English team has been more successful than Team India. For India vs England news, click here.

India vs England Head to Head
India and England have clashed in 122 test matches till date. The Indian team has won on just 26 occasions. The England team has been victorious in 47 matches, while 49 matches have been a draw.

IND vs ENG in India: At home, Team India has won Test series against England on 7 occasions, while England has registered 5 series wins. The remaining 3 test series have resulted in a draw.

Last Meeting: The last 5 match series was in 2018 in England which India had lost 4-1. The last series in India was played in 2016/2017 which India had won the 5 match series 4-0.

Who will win IND vs ENG Test Series?
The odds seem to favour of Team India. They will be high on confidence having crushed the Australian in their soil and the Indian conditions are also likely to suit Team India.

England team cannot be written off for their excellent form, having recently their last series in 2-0 against Sri Lanka in the subcontinent conditions.

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