India vs England: Virat Kohli and Co. to assemble in Chennai forward of first Test

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Members of the Indian cricket group will assemble in Chennai on January 27 forward of the primary Test in opposition to England that begins on the M. Chidambaram Stadium on February 5.

It has been learnt that the gamers would attain Chennai in batches — from totally different cities — and enter the bio-bubble from January 27. They will bear a week-long quarantine throughout which the Indian group administration will devise its technique for the collection.

The England group will even enter the bio-bubble from January 27 once they arrive after finishing the continued second Test in opposition to Sri Lanka in Galle that ends on January 26.

However, gamers coming to India from England, like all-rounder Ben Stokes, tempo bowler Jofra Archer and opener Rory Burns, will arrive a bit earlier as they are going to land straight from England. The trio will not be a part of the England group that’s presently touring Sri Lanka for the Tests.

Both groups will probably be stationed on the Leela Palace in Chennai together with match officers.

Indian squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant and Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keepers), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur

Net bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar

Standbys: KS Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar, Priyank Panchal

India and England play 4 Test matches. The first two matches will probably be held on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai (Feb 5-9 and Feb 13-17) whereas the subsequent two will probably be held in Ahmedabad (Feb 24-28 and Mar 4-8).

The Test collection will probably be adopted by a five-game T20I collection in Ahmedabad’s Motera and a three-match ODI collection at Pune.