India Tour of England – ENG vs IND Live Updates– India’s skipper Rohit Sharma has finally landed in England ahead of the rescheduled Test against England. Rohit will now join the rest of the Indian team contingent in London who are due to play Leicestershire in a warm-up match. The match will take place a week before the rescheduled Test while Rohit’s arrival will be a huge boost for the squad. Follow All ENG vs IND LIVE Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.
- India play England in only Test match that was rescheduled from last year’s five-match Test series
- The entire Indian team arrived in England on Thursday
- The tour will also consist three T20Is and three ODIs
India Tour of England: Rohit Sharma joins Team India in London ahead of Warm-Up match against Leicestershire from June 24: Check Pics
England bound ✈️
📸 📸: Snapshots as #TeamIndia takes off for England. 👍 👍 pic.twitter.com/Emgehz2hzm
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 16, 2022
Rohit Sharma arrives day late after Personal commitment –
- Rohit Sharma who will lead the Indian side in the only rescheduled match has arrived late in England as he informed BCCI of his personal commitments.
- Rohit was due to travel with the rest of the squad on Thursday but then decided to travel separately on Friday and was seen arriving in London in afternoon.
- Rohit will be performing the duties of the skipper for the first time since the IPL, having been rested for the South Africa series at home.
- The Indian team will have an added on boost with Rohit’s arrival after senior players are also part of the contingent including Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami and Shubman Gill.
Rohit’s first overseas tour as full-time captain-
- The upcoming tour of England will be Rohit Sharma’s first overseas tour as full-time captain.
- Rohit was appointed full-time captain of the Indian team in December 2021 for limited-overs format and then for Tests in January 2022.
- However, Rohit got injured prior to the South Africa tour and missed the entire series.
- After the tour Rohit was did take charge of the Indian team against Sri Lanka and West Indies, but both were home series.
- After resting against South Africa in the home series he will now try to make an impact having faced a tough IPL 2022 campaign.
India Tour of England: Rohit Sharma joins Team India in London ahead of Warm-Up match against Leicestershire from June 24: Check Pics
Rohit to finish the unfinished business-
- India currently lead the five-match Test series 2-1, before the series was postponed due to Covid-19 outbreak within the squads last year.
- India will face a stern challenge against England having beaten the World Test Championship (WTC) holders recently.
- This will be a perfect opportunity for Sharma to make an impact as the skipper.
- He will also have the services of other senior Indian players like Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami at his disposal.
Indian squad for the England tour-
India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), 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, Standby: Mayank Agarwal
India Tour of England Schedule:
- Four-Day Warm-up vs Leicestershire County Cricket Club – June 24-27
- India A vs Derbyshire T20: July 1
- India vs England 5th Test – July 1-5 @ Birmingham
- India A vs Northamptonshire: July 3
- IND vs ENG 1st T20: July 7 @ Southampton
- IND vs ENG 2nd T20: July 9 @ Birmingham
- IND vs ENG 3rd T20: July 10 @ Nottingham
- IND vs ENG 1st ODI: July 12 @ Kennington Oval
- IND vs ENG 2nd ODI: July 14 @ Lord’s
- IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: July 17 @ Manchester
India Tour of England: Rohit Sharma joins Team India in London ahead of Warm-Up match against Leicestershire from June 24: Check Pics
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