ENG vs IND: Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer go away for the UK to hitch India for Test match towards England

India and England will play the fifth Test match, which was postponed final yr, from July 1 in Birmingham. India are at the moment main the Test collection 2-1.

Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer shared a selfie on flight. (Courtesy: Instagram Story/Shreyas Iyer)

HIGHLIGHTSIndia are at the moment main the Test collection 2-1 towards EnglandRohit Sharma and Ben Stokes will lead the groups within the fifth TestIndia and England will play the match from July 1 in Birmingham

A day after sharing the T20I collection trophy with South Africa, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer on Monday left for the UK to hitch the Indian crew for the Test match towards England.

India and England are scheduled to play the fifth Test match, which was postponed final yr, from July 1 in Birmingham. The boards collectively postponed the match after the outbreak of Covid-19. India are at the moment main the Test collection 2-1.

Virat Kohli and Joe Root, who each led India and England final yr respectively, stepped down from the Test captaincy earlier this yr. While Kohli relinquished the function after India misplaced the Test collection towards South Africa, Root give up the captaincy following the Ashes hammering in Australia and collection defeat towards West Indies.

Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes will lead India and England within the upcoming fifth Test subsequent month.

Cheteshwar Pujara, who was dropped for the house collection towards Sri Lanka, bagged his ticket to the UK after regaining his type by scoring 720 runs for Sussex in England’s County Championship. He registered two centuries and a double hundred in April-May this yr.

Meanwhile, Ajinkya Rahane couldn’t discover his place within the 17-man squad. Rahane, together with Pujara, was going by way of a lean part. He performed for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) within the latest Indian Premier League 2022 however couldn’t do a lot with the bat.

India Test squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc) Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.