The All-India Senior Selection Committee met on Tuesday to pick the squad for the first two Test matches to be played at Chennai against England.
The team is as follows: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-captain), KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur
The Committee also picked five net bowlers and five players as standbys.
Net Bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar
Standby players: K S Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar, Priyank Panchal
| England’s tour of India, 2020/21 – Test series | |||
| S.No. | Date | Match | Venue |
| 1 | 5th – 9th Feb | 1st Test | Chennai |
| 2 | 13th – 17th Feb | 2nd Test | Chennai |
| 3 | 24th – 28th Feb | 3rd Test (D/N) | Ahmedabad |
| 4 | 4th – 8th March | 4th Test | Ahmedabad |
JAY SHAH
Honorary Secretary
BCCI
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