England’s tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former England captain and commentator Nasser Hussain (Nasser Hussain) said that if India prepares pitches that favor spinners from the very first day of the five-match Test series starting on January 25, then it will be shooting itself in the foot.

Nasser Hussain said that the baseball approach of the England cricket team can be heavy on Team India. The former England captain further said that the England team of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum will not think twice before adopting an aggressive path against the Indian cricket team in the upcoming IND vs ENG Test series, because baseball is all set to make its debut in India. Is.

India should prepare good pitches in IND vs ENG Test series: Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain was quoted by Sky Sports as saying: “I think India should prepare good pitches which spin a bit, because I think their spinners and batsmen will bat only then and take out our spin. If they are prepared with pitches that spin a lot, it will be a lottery of sorts, and will allow England’s spinners to have a strong hold on the match.

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They won’t die surprised or surprised by the way the Baseball Approach works. “I had a feeling during World Cup 2023 that a lot of Indian fans are desperate to see how baseball is expanded in India.”

Here are the teams for India vs England Test series

India’s squad for the first two tests:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj. , Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan.

England’s squad for five matches:

Ben Stokes (captain), Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Fox, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root. , Mark Wood.

See the schedule of India vs England test series here

First Test: 25-29 January, Hyderabad

Second Test: 2-6 February, Visakhapatnam

Third Test: 15-19 February, Rajkot

Fourth Test: 23-27 February, Ranchi

Fifth Test: 7-11 March, Dharamshala