Following is a factbox on the five-match
Test series
between India and England beginning in Hyderabad on Thursday:
FIXTURES
- First Test: Jan. 25-29, Hyderabad
- Second Test: Feb. 2-6, Vishakhapatman
- Third Test: Feb. 15-19, Rajkot
- Fourth Test: Feb. 23-27, Ranchi
- Fifth Test: March 7-11, Dharamsala
* Play begins 0400 GMT/0930 local
INDIA
- World ranking: 2
- Captain: Rohit Sharma
- Coach: Rahul Dravid
- Top-ranked batsman: Rohit Sharma (10)
- Top-ranked bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin (1)
India squad for first Two Tests: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar
ENGLAND
- World ranking: 3
- Captain: Ben Stokes
- Coach: Brendon McCullum
- Top-ranked batsman: Joe Root (2)
- Top-ranked bowler: Ollie Robinson (6)
England squad: Ben Stokes (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood
HEAD-TO-HEAD IN INDIA:
- Test series: 16
- India won: 8
- England won: 5
- Draws: 3
OVERALL HEAD-TO-HEAD:
- Test series: 35
- India won: 11
- England won: 19
- Draws: 5
LAST THREE SERIES
- 2018: England beat India 4-1 in five-Test series in England
- 2020-21: India beat England 3-1 in four-Test series in India
- 2021-22: Five-Test series in England ended in 2-2 draw.
Article From:
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