(Cricket news) England will be out for blood, looking to avenge their 3-1 defeat by India and will go all guns blazing with an almost full strength squad excluding Jofra Archer, Chris Woakes and all-rounder Ben Stokes who has taken a break for mental health reasons. For India, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar will be unavailable while Mayank Agarwal is out of action in the first Test due to a concussion because of Mohammed Siraj’s bouncer. The likes of Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are currently isolating after coming in direct contact with Krunal Pandya who tested positive for COVID-19.
Schedule
First Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham starting on August 4 at 3:30 PM
Second Test at Lord’s, London starting on August 12 at 3:30 PM
Third Test at Headingley, Leeds starting on August 25 at 3:30 PM
Fourth Test at Kennington Oval, London on September 2 at 3:30 PM
Fifth Test at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on September 10 at 3:30 PM
Squads
India: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Hanuma Vihari, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant, KL RahulWriddhiman Saha, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav
England: Joe Root (c), Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Craig Overton
Where to watch live telecast, live streaming
The Test series will be live streamed on SonyLIV. The live telecast will be available on Sony SIX HD/SD, Sony TEN 3 HD/SD.
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