India is scheduled to tour England in 2025 for a series of five Test matches and the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced the venues for the series on Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

This was part of the announcement as ECB revealed its home calendar for the seven-year cycle between 2025-2031 involving its men's and women's teams.

According to the ICC FTP, India is set to tour England for five Tests in June 2025 and ECB said in a release that these matches will be played at Lord's, The Oval (both in London), Edgbaston (Birmingham), Headingley (Leeds) and the Old Trafford (Manchester) for the Pataudi Trophy.

The Rose Bowl in Southampton, where India lost the first World Test Championship final to New Zealand two years ago, replaces Headingley as a venue for the series in 2029, while the other four venues — Lord's, The Oval, Edgbaston, and Old Trafford — remain the same.

"By announcing arrangements for the next seven years, we are also giving venues long-term certainty so that they can invest sustainably into stadium improvements and improved fan experiences," said Richard Gould, ECB CEO.

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India is the only side apart from Australia against whom England plays five Tests in a series, both home and away.

England will arrive in India for a five-Tests series in January 2024 which will be played for the Anthony de Mello Trophy.

India and England have been playing five matches in a Test series since 2014, except England's tour of India 2020-21 when one Test was reduced to accommodate the limited-overs series, which was postponed due to the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

India last won an away Test series against England about 16 years ago in 2007.

(PTI inputs)