England team has been announced for the first Test series against India. The England Cricket Board (ECB) announced a 14 -member team on Thursday.
Jamie Overton has a chance in this team led by Ben Stokes. While Gus Atkinson was not selected in the squad due to injury.
The first match of the series will begin at Headingley, Leeds from June 20, 2025. With this match, the fourth bicycle of the World Test Championship will begin between England and Team India.
England team for the first Test against India Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Brayedon Cars, Sam Cook, Jack Crowley, Ben Ducket, Jamie Overton, Oli Pope, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Josh Tung, Chris Walks.
Overton got a chance after three years Batting-all-rounder Overton has returned to the Test team after three years. Overton debuted in 2022 against New Zealand for England. After that match, he never had a chance in the Test team.
Overton has played 1 Test for England. He has scored 97 runs and took 2 wickets.
18 -member Indian team for a tour of England Shubhman Gill (Captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwaran, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant (Vice-Captain), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar. Deep, Arshadeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav.
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