June 5, IND vs ENG 1st Test: England has announced a 14-member team for the first Test against India starting on June 20. Ben Stokes will lead the team. Josh Tongue and Sam Cook will be new faces in this team. At the same time, Chris Woakes has returned. Tongue and Woakes are also part of the England Lions team in the unofficial match against India-A starting on June 6. At the same time, Jamie Overton has also returned.
England team for the first Test against India:
Ben Stokes, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Jack Crowley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
Tngue and Cook were recently part of the team in the four-day Test against Zimbabwe. Tongue is a medium pace bowler, while Cook is a right-arm fast bowler. Apart from this, Overton will also be seen playing, who can bat along with fast bowling. The team will miss Gus Atkinson, who will not be part of the team for the first Test due to injury. Overton has returned to the Test team after 2022.
The 31-year-old bowler recently suffered a finger injury in the ODI against West Indies, but he has been kept under the supervision of the medical team and is expected to be fit before the match. England’s team will rely heavily on fast bowler Brydon Carse. Apart from this, all-rounder Jacob Bethell is also making a comeback after December.
Indian team for Test series
Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mo. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
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