India A To Play Two Four-Day Matches In England Ahead Of 5-Match Test Series: Report
The Indian men's cricket team is set to travel to England later this year for a five-match Test series, which will start on June 20 in Leeds.
The Indian men’s cricket team, which failed to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final after losing the 2024-25 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia with a scoreline of 3-1, is set to start the new WTC (2025-27) season with a five-match series against England. India will travel to England in June for the red-ball series. Ahead of the start of the away series in Leeds on June 20, Indian players are likely to get a chance to play a minimum of two practice matches.
According to a report in the Indian Express on Tuesday, “A shadow tour of India A will begin in the first week of June, with frontline Indian players expected to take the trip."
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It has been reported that “India A will take on England Lions in a four-day fixture tentatively on June 4, followed by an intra-squad match before the first Test. The second India A fixture against the Lions team will happen there after."
Since the Test series starts immediately after the conclusion of IPL 2025, there is a high possibility that all the Test regulars, especially the batters, will feature in the first India A match.
Before the Test series against Australia last year, India A played two warm-up matches, and the likes of KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel took part in the second match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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The first Test between India and England is scheduled to take place at Headingley in Leeds from June 20 to 24, and Edgbaston will host the second Test from July 2 to 6. The third Test will be played from July 10 to 14 at Lord’s, and Old Trafford is the venue of the fourth Test, which is set to take place from July 23 to 27. The final match of the away tour will be staged at Kennington Oval in London from July 31 to August 4.
In the last Test series played between the two teams in 2024, India secured a win with a scoreline of 4-1, whereas the last red-ball series played on English soil finished with a scoreline of 2-2.
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