The Indian Test team will play a warm-up game against Leicestershire County Cricket Club on June 24, before the one-off test against England at Edgbaston gets underway on July 1.
The four-day warm-up game will help in preparing for the rescheduled fifth Test and be familiar with English conditions. The game will be granted a first-class status. The Indian team will fly to England around June 16.
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The whole arrangement is being done by head coach Rahul Dravid who, in coordination with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) management and selection committee, is planning the preparations for the twin tours of Ireland and England.
India is set to field two teams
India will field two different teams for their two T20Is against Ireland in Dublin, scheduled on June 26 and 28, and the England Test. Before that, they’ll take on South Africa in a five-match T20I series at home from June 9 to June 19.
It will be the second time like last year that India will have two different teams playing international cricket at the same time. Last year, India had a fairly new-look white-ball squad led by Shikhar Dhawan during their tour of Sri Lanka, as the Virat Kohli-led outfit faced off against England in the first four Tests.
India will also play three ODIs and three T20Is after the Test match ending on July 5 between July 7 to July 17 and the white-ball team is also likely to play a couple of warm-up fixtures against Derbyshire and Northamptonshire on July 1 and 3 respectively.
The squads for the upcoming series are expected to be announced around May 22. India’s England tour will be followed by a white-ball series in the West Indies and the US.
