Fast bowler Chris Woakes was on Thursday (June 5, 2025) named in a 14-man England squad to tackle India within the first of the 5 Tests to be performed from June 20 at Leeds.
The 36-year-old Woakes not too long ago returned from a long-term ankle harm. He has 181 wickets and 1,970 runs from 57 Tests up to now, and had performed a serious position in an enormous England win over India on the Lord’s through the 2018 sequence.
He scored an unbeaten 137 and took 4 wickets within the match to assist England win by an innings and 159 runs.
Woakes, together with quick bowler Josh Tongue, have been requested by the ECB to get some miles below their legs earlier than the first Test in opposition to India beginning June 20. Hence, the duo will flip up for England Lions in opposition to India A within the second unofficial Test beginning on Friday at Northampton.
Overton returns
Jamie Overton returned to the Test fold for the first time since his maiden look in opposition to New Zealand in June 2022, though he sustained a fracture to his proper little finger on May 29 through the first ODI in opposition to West Indies at Birmingham.
The 31-year-old Overton, who additionally performed within the recently-concluded Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings, “continues to be assessed and reviewed daily by the England medical team”, the ECB stated on their web site.
The England squad led by Ben Stokes incorporates a lone spinner in Shoaib Bashir, who took 9 wickets of their win in opposition to Zimbabwe in the one Test performed earlier this summer season.
Young batter Jacob Bethell, who performed for eventual IPL winners Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and seamer Sam Cook, who made his debut in opposition to Zimbabwe, have been additionally named within the squad.
The ECB stated, “Durham seamer Brydon Carse and the Warwickshire pair Jacob Bethell and Chris Woakes are included in the squad, having last featured during the Test tour of New Zealand in December.”
“Surrey’s Gus Atkinson was unavailable for selection due to a right hamstring injury sustained during the recent Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge,” it added.
Schedule
India will start their tour of England with the first Test to be performed from June 20-24 at Headingley, whereas the second Test can be at Edgbaston from July 2-6.
The third Test can be at Lord’s from July 10-14, fourth from July 23-26 at Old Trafford and the fifth and closing can be performed at The Oval from July 31 to August 4.
Indian squad
An under-transition India can be captained by Shubman Gill since they’re with out Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli who introduced their Test retirements in May, whereas spinner Ravichandran Ashwin known as time of his profession final 12 months throughout tour of Australia.
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami was not chosen for this tour attributable to lack of preparation.
England squad
Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
Published – June 05, 2025 03:58 pm IST
