Team India Squad For WTC Final And Test Series Against England Announced
Mumbai: The BCCI today announced the Team India squad for the inaugural ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final and the five-match Test series against England.
The BCCI has named 20 members in the squad with KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha’s selection being subject to fitness clearance. Rahul underwent surgery for acute appendicitis only recently while Saha, who is the second-choice wicketkeeper of India’s Test side, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.
Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Arzan Nagwaswalla have been named as standby players.
Axar Patel has been retained as well following his excellent performance in the debut series against England at home.
Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur are the six pacers in the squad. T Natarajan has missed out as he is currently injured and was also ruled out of the IPL 2021.
Hanuma Vihari and Ravindra Jadeja, who had to be ruled out due to different injuries during the Australia tour and missed the England series.
There are no details on when Virat Kohli-led Team India will leave for the United Kingdom, but no team has been announced, likely to happen soon after the formalities are completed.
Team India, on their tour of England, will first reach Southampton where the WTC Final will be played from June 18 to 22. The five-match Test series against England will then commence on August 4 and the tour will conclude on September 14.
India squad for WTC Final and five-match Test series against England:
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
| India’s tour of England, 2021-22 | |||
| Sr. | Date | Match | Venue |
| A | 18th – 22nd June | WTC Final vs NZ | Southampton |
| 1 | 4th – 8th August | 1st Test vs England | Nottingham |
| 2 | 12th – 16th August | 2nd Test vs England | London (Lord’s) |
| 3 | 25th – 29th August | 3rd Test vs England | Leeds |
| 4 | 2nd – 6th September | 4th Test vs England | London (Oval) |
| 5 | 10th – 14th September | 5th Test vs England | Manchester |
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