
England are set to tour India for a full-fledged series starting from February 4. India and England will lock horns in four Tests, five T20Is and three ODIs in what promises to be enthralling series of cricket.
England will visit India after the completion of their ongoing two-match Test series in Sri Lanka.
While England have had a confidence booster after comfortably beating Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle, Indiaareon a high after their historic Test series triumph against Australia.
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The Test series will also witness the pink-ball Test (third Test) in the newly-built Sardar Patel Stadium as the venue in Ahmedabad gears up to host its maiden international fixture.
Thegruellingtour will start with four Test matches, followed by five T20Is before ending it with a three-match ODI series.The squads for the first two Tests have been announced by both England and India.
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Team India squad for first two Tests: India squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-captain), KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav,AxarPatel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, JaspritBumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur
England squad for first two Tests: Joe Root (C), Jofra Archer, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, ChrisWoakes.
The India-England series will be live on various channels of Star Sports. The live streaming of matches will be available on Hotstar.
Tests
Friday 5-9 February:1st Test – India v England, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Saturday 13-17 February:2nd Test – India v England, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Wednesday 24-28 February: 3rdTest - India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Thursday 4-8 March: 4thTest – India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
T20Is
Friday 12 March:1st T20I – India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Sunday 14 March:2nd T20I – India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Tuesday 16 March:3rd T20I - India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Thursday 18 March:4th T20I - India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Saturday 20 March:5th T20I - India v England, Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
ODIs
Tuesday 23 March:1st ODI - India v England, MCA Stadium, Pune
Friday 26 March:2nd ODI - India v England, MCA Stadium, Pune
Sunday 28 March:3rd ODI - India v England, MCA Stadium, Pune
Monday 29 March:Touring party departs India