India vs England test: Rohit Sharma, Jasearch Bumrah and others Start training in Leicester. Look at the photos
The Test India squad led by Rohit Sharma is currently in Leicester preparing for the fifth rescheduled Test against England which will take place in Edgbaston, Birmingham from 1-5 July. India is currently leading the Test series with a score of 2-1. India has named a strong 17-member team for the Test and all eyes will be on the lineup that is just a draw to win the popular series. Currently, India is the 2nd country in the ICC Test rankings while Ben Stokes-led UK is number 6.
Currently, the team led by Rohit Sharma is training Leicester and will be stationed there for a week. BCCI posted a few photos from Monday’s practice session.
Hello from Leicester and our training facility in a week will @leiccccc #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/MAX0fkQcuc
– BCCI (@BCCI) June 20, 2022
Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid has said that he enjoys playing Test cricket in England and enjoys coaching a Test team. He thinks the one-off ‘Fifth Test’ against the home team will be a different proposition than last year when the team under Virat kohli 2-1 lead ahead of Covid-19 cases in India camp forced to cancel the last game.
“England is playing well at the moment and it will be a little bit different than last year when England were probably a little bit on the back foot. They played some good games and we also had a pretty good presence,” said Dravid. referring to Ben Stokes’ streak win over New Zealand.
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“Love playing Test cricket, love watching it and love coaching in Test cricket and so you know, looking forward to it,” he concluded.
India’s Test Team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-Captain) Shubman GillVirat kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (week), KS Bharat (week), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul ThakurMohd Shami, Jasipino BumrahMohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
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