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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced its team for the first two matches of the Test series to be played between India and England. England’s selectors have announced a 17-man squad for the first two matches, which will be led by Test captain Joe Root. Jofra Archer will be out of the opening match between India and England. The series will start from 4th August.

The ECB has announced the England squad for the five-match Test series. This team is for the first two matches of the test series. Jofra Archer is not included in the squad, led by England head coach Chris Silverwood and captain Joe Root, as he is still not fully fit after surgery and is likely to return for the rest of the series.

England’s 17-man squad for the first two matches of the Test series against India

1. Joe Root (Yorkshire) captain
2. James Anderson (Lancashire)
3. Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
4. Dome Base (Yorkshire)
5. Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
6. Rory Burns (Surrey)
7. Jos Butler (Lancashire)
8. Jack Crowley (Kent)
9. Sam Curran (Surrey)
10. Haseeb Hameed (Nottinghamshire)
11. Dan Lawrence (Essex)
12. Jack Leach (Somerset)
13. Ollie Pope (Surrey)
14. Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
15. Dom Sibley (Warwickshire)
16. Ben Stokes (Durham)
17. Mark Wood (Durham)

Chris Woakes has also not got a place in this team against Jofra Archer. Not only this, this time there were speculations that David Malan could be entered in the Test team but he was also not given a place.