By: Tarish Bhatt
England have announced their 16 member squad for the upcoming India tour. They have named an unchanged squad that is currently touring Bangladesh for the Test series. The Test series is starting November 9, next month.
James Anderson is not part of the squad. He might join the squad later on the tour. Pacer Mark Wood is nursing an ankle injury. The Three Lions haven’t named any replacement for both their seamers.
“I’m not going to miss the entire trip, no,” Anderson said. “I’m very confident I’m going to be involved in the India series, it is a frustrating injury, something I want to get right.”
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“It does happen in cricket, in sport, you get injured, you’ve just got to deal with it,” he added. “Hopefully I can get as fit as possible as soon as possible.”
Alastair Cook will skipper the team, while Jonny Bairstow will take care of the wicketkeeping duties. Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Gareth Betty and Zafar Ansari are four spinners in the squad. Ansari is uncaped but likely to make his Test debut against Bangladesh in the second Test.
England Squad: Alastair Cook (c), Moeen Ali, Zafar Ansari, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Haseeb Hameed, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes.
