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 2nd Test at Lord’s from August 13, 3rd Test at Leeds from August 25, 4th Test at Kennington Oval from September 2, and the 5th 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)
