The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced a 16-man England Test squad that will tour India early in 2024 for a five-match Test series.
Ben Stokes will once again be the captain of the English Test team, with three uncapped players called up. Somerset's Shoaib Bashir, the promising 20-year-old off-spinner, receives his maiden international call-up for the Three Lions.
Apart from Bashir, fast bowler Gus Atkinson and off-spinner Tom Hartley, who plays for Lancashire in County Cricket, are the other two uncapped players.
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Meanwhile, 19-year-old leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed - who is England's youngest-ever Test debutant (making his debut against Pakistan last year) and is also the youngest debutant in Men's cricket to claim a fifer on Test debut - has been recalled to the squad.
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England's Test squad for India tour
- Ben Stokes (C) (Durham)
- Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
- James Anderson (Lancashire)
- Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
- Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
- Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
- Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
- Zak Crawley (Kent)
- Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
- Ben Foakes (Surrey)
- Tom Hartley (Lancashire)
- Jack Leach (Somerset)
- Ollie Pope (Surrey)
- Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
- Joe Root (Yorkshire)
- Mark Wood (Durham)
India vs England: When and where will the five-Test tour take place?
The first Test begins on January 25, with the fifth and final Test of the tour to be played from March 7 to March 11.
- 1st Test (January 25-29) - Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
- 2nd Test (February 2-6) - ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam
- 3rd Test (February 15-19) - Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
- 4th Test (February 23-27) - JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
- 5th Test (March 7-11) - Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala
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