The Indian team will tour England after the IPL ends. The five-Test match between the two teams will begin on June 20. Before this series, England had to face the West Indies in the white ball series at home.
England and the West Indies will first play a three-match ODI series, followed by a T20 series of the same number of matches. The English team has suffered a major setback before this series. Fast bowler Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series.
Gus Atkinson Ruled Out of ODI Series Against West Indies Due to Injury
Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of this series due to a hamstring injury. There is no clarity on whether he will be able to play in the upcoming Test series against India or not. The English bowler suffered this injury during the only Test match played against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.
He bowled a spell of three overs on the third day of the Test match. After that, he left the field due to injury. Regarding Atkinson’s injury, the ECB official said that now he will rehab under the supervision of England’s medical team, and after that, a decision will be taken regarding his return.
The ECB said in a statement,
‘𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒐 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎. 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝑫𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎.’
India and England will play five Test matches between June 20 and August 4 as both teams begin their new cycle of the World Test Championship.
Team India for the Test series against England:
Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav
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