ENG v IND 2021: Indian team to play tour games ahead of England Test series- Report

The first Test is scheduled to begin from August 4 in Nottingham.

Indian team is slated to play five Tests against England with the first match starting in Nottingham from August 4 onwards. Currently, the Indian team players are on a break and are expected to regroup by July 15 in order to enter the bio-bubble for the Test series.

India team will play the 2^nd Test at Lord’s from August 13, 3^rd Test at Leeds from August 25, 4^th Test at Kennington Oval from September 2, and the 5^th Test at Manchester from September 10.

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Originally, it was expected that the Indian team will play a couple of intra-squad matches amongst themselves in preparation for the Test series, but recently, BCCI had written to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) requesting a couple of practice games against county teams.

Initially, the ECB was not interested given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but it seems like the BCCI was able to persuade ECB enough as the England board has seemingly agreed to their request.

A top official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed to Cricbuzz, that the England Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has agreed to India's request for a couple of tour games ahead of the five-Test series. This follows phone calls directly from BCCI secretary Jay Shah to ECB chairman Ian Whatmore and CEO Tom Harrison.

(Cricbuzz inputs)