Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill practicing
Indian cricketers set up nets at the Leicestershire County Ground ahead of the rescheduled fifth Test against England. The test will start from 1st July.
captain Rohit Sharma And Shubman Gill is likely to open the innings for India. The two were seen practicing in the nets and sharpening their skills.
In a video shared on Instagram by the official handle of the Indian cricket team, Rohit is seen playing a pull shot against short balls. Gill was also seen working on his game during the batting session.
India will play Leicestershire in a four-day warm-up match from June 24.
Rohit and Ki Jodi KL Rahul He was instrumental in giving India a 2-1 lead in the Test series in England last year. However, the final match was canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
However, Rahul will be ruled out of the tour this time due to injury. His absence opened the doors for Gill to India.
Rohit, who was rested for the recently concluded T20I series against South Africa, will be leading the team in Test cricket abroad for the first time.
India’s tour of England also includes three T20Is, three ODIs and one Test match. The visitors will play two warm-up matches against Derbyshire and Northamptonshire before the white-ball series.
full squad
India squad for fifth Test vs England rescheduled: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat KohliShreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra JadejaRavichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit BumrahMohd Siraj, Umesh YadavFamous Krishna, Srikar India (wicketkeeper)
India squad for ODI and T20I vs England: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj Umesh Yadav, the famous Krishna.
Indian squad for Ireland T20 series: Hardik Pandya (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (VC), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra ChahaliRavi Bishnoi.