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Tune in with us to get all the live updates as India will face England on Day 2 of the series opening match of the five match Test series. Shubman Gill is leading the national side, with Ben Stokes holding the command of the hosts.

Indian Test team faced a transition phase, as veteran players R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from the format within last 6 months. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) then named young players in the squad.

Following the retirement of Rohit Sharma, a number of players were coming in as contenders to be made the new captain. However, the selectors eventually ended with giving the role to Shubman Gill, along with Rishabh Pant being named his deputy.

Indian squad:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (W), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Sharadul Takur, Abhimanyu Easwan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana.

Summary of Day 1:
The first day of the match saw the fall of KL Rahul (42 off 78 balls), Sai Sudarshan (0 off 4 balls). Apart from that Yashasvi Jaiswal was also dismissed after he scored a historic century (101 off 159 balls). Captain Shubman Gill and vice-captain Rishabh Pant were unbeaten on Day 1 with a century and a half-century respectively. By the time stumps were called on Day 1, India was at a commanding score of 359 runs for 3 wickets.

England squad:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir, Jamie Overton, Samuel James Cook, Jacob Bethell.

IND vs ENG Test series schedule:
1) First Test: June 20-24, Headingley (Leeds)
2) Second Test: July 2-6, Edgbaston (Birmingham)
3) Third Test: July 10-14, Lord’s (London)4)
4) Fourth Test, July 23-27, Old Trafford (Manchester)
5)Fifth Test: July 31- August 4, The Oval (London)

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