The England cricket team and staff arrived in Chennai on Wednesday for the Test series against India. The first and second Test will be played in Chennai, beginning February 5.
The squad led by Joe Root will be going under a mandatory six-day quarantine period as per COVID-19 protocol. Ben Stokes, Rory Burns, and Jofra Archer arrived in Chennai and they have already begun their quarantine period.
England had defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second Test to win the series 2-0. Root was awarded both Man of the Match and Series for his impeccable form with the bat.
Stokes arrived in India with the other members of the squad who were not a part of the Sri Lanka series. The practice for the full squad will commence for the first time on Tuesday — February 2.
Meanwhile, ECB selectors have rested Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, and Mark Wood for the first and second Tests in India.
A move that was not well received by former England skipper Kevin Pietersen in his tweets . Who wrote It’s disrespectful to ENG fans & also @BCCI to NOT play your best team
Big debate on whether ENG have picked their best team to play India in the 1st Test.
Winning IN India is as good a feeling as winning in Aus.
It’s disrespectful to ENG fans & also @BCCI to NOT play your best team.Bairstow has to play!
Broad/Anderson have to play!— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) January 24, 2021
The BEST England players will want to play as many games as possible against India, in India.
PICK THEM!Then they go to IPL & earn everything they deserve. Cash is king for every sportsman. They’re a business!
They can have a break after that!
— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) January 24, 2021
England squad for first two Tests against India: Joe Root (Yorkshire) (captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
India and England are set to lock horns in four Tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is. After the first two Tests, both teams will move to Ahmedabad for the remaining two Tests and the five T20Is.
