The first two matches of England’s 5-match series have been launched for the Indian team. BCCI announced the team late on Friday night. Dhruv Jurel and fast bowler Avesh Khan have been given a chance to be included in the team. Whereas the location of Mohammed Shami has not been disclosed.

Test series will be held from 25 January to 11 March
The 5 Test series between England and India is starting from 25th January. The first match will be played in Resident. The second test will be played in Visakhapatnam from 2nd February, the third test will be played in Rajkot from 15th February, the fourth test will be played in Ranchi from 23rd February and the 5th test will be played in Virginia from 7th March.

India won the last series at home 3-1
Challenge to India against England’s WTC. There will be a collectorate clash in the 5 match series. The last Test series between India and England took place in England during August 2021. The 5 test series was tied 2-2. At the same time, the last series of both of them in India was in February 2021, this 4 Test series was won by India 3-1.

Jurel played 15 Ranji matches
Uttar Pradesh archer Dhruv Jurel has played 15 first-class matches. Name of the 22 year old player, 790 runs in 15 matches. Which includes 1 century and 5 innings. Recently, Jurel was also included in Lance’s squad of England against India A.

Avesh Khan has a chance for exemption
Avesh Khan of Madhya Pradesh has a chance for exemption. Avesh has taken 154 wickets in 39 first class matches. Ashes was selected in place of Mohammed Shami in the second Test of the series against South Africa, although he did not get a chance to debut.

Indian Team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashwin Japi, Axar Patel, Akhmir Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, wicketkeeper ( Vice Captain) and Avesh Khan.