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Indian head coach Rahul Dravid will join the Indian team in England after the conclusion of the T20I series against South Africa on Sunday.
India will face England in a Test from July 1-5 in Edgbaston, then three ODIs and as many T20Is.
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Indian squad ready for England tour – Unlike last time, with no bio-bubble in place, there will be no charter flights this time. All players were tested for Covid-19 before boarding the flight to England.
Once in London, they will travel to Leicester. There, India will have a short camp ahead of the June 24 warm-up match.
Coaching set up for the tour –
In a bid to prepare for the tour to Ireland, National Cricket Academy coaches Sitanshu Kotak, Sairaj Bahutule and Munish Bali will take charge of the ongoing India v South Africa series proceedings from the 4th T20. The trio will then accompany NCA chief VVS Laxman as part of the supporting staff for the Irish series.
- Rahul Dravid will be in charge of the entire series against South Africa.
- NCA coaches Sairaj Bahutule, Munish Bali and Sitanshu Kotak will take charge of the final two matches in Rajkot and Bengaluru.
- The rest of David’s coaching staff – Vikram Rathour, Paras Mhambrey, T Dilip will travel with Rohit Sharma and Co. to England.
- Rahul Dravid, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul will leave on June 19 after the SA series.
- A separate team for the Irish series to be named.
- VVS Laxman, the Irish tour team and coaches will depart on June 22.
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India Travel Plan for England Tour-
- BCCI has asked Rohit Sharma and the players selected for the test squad to meet in Mumbai by June 15.
- All players except KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant will leave for England on June 16.
- All players will have two rounds of RT-PCR Covid tests before boarding the flight to England.
- If someone tests positive, they will have to wait and serve a period of mandatory isolation before leaving for England.
- The second group, including head coach Rahul Dravid, will leave for London from Bengaluru on June 19.
- Like last time, players can take their families with them on a tour of England.
- However, there will be no charter flights this time around.
India squad for England – ENG vs IND team
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami , Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
After the latest injury layoff, KL Rahul remains doubtful for the only test match of the England tour.
Here is the revised schedule for the 2022 India tour in England:
England vs India Test Series Schedule
5th event: Edgbaston | July 1-5
England vs India 2022, T20I series schedule
1st T201: Bowl Ageas | July 7
2nd T20I: Edgbaston | July 9th
3rd T20I: Trent Bridge | July 10
England vs India 2022 ODI Series Schedule
1st ODI: Kia Oval | July 12
2nd ODI: Lord | July 14th
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