Team India is all set to lock horns with England for the first test match at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The match will start at 9. 30 AM

Both teams have clashed against each other in 131 test matches. England is leading the charts with 50 wins whereas India has come victorious on 31 occasions. 50 test matches between the teams ended in a draw

India has included three wicketkeepers in the squad. Among them, KS Bharat will keep the wickets for the hosts

India will not receive the services of star batsman Virat Kohli as he has opted out of the first two test matches due to personal reasons

The 30-year-old Rajat Patidar has been named as the replacement player for Kohli ahead of the first two matches against Ben Stokes-led England

India Squad:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Srikar Bharat, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan

England Squad:

Ben Stokes (C), James Anderson, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoib Bashir, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (Wk), Dan Lawrence, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood