Lack Of Competitive Practice Games Challenge For India In England
The Indian team traveling to England may get enough time to get acclimatized ahead of the five-Test series against England after the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand, but their
The Indian team traveling to England may get enough time to get acclimatized ahead of the five-Test series against England after the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand, but their biggest challenge will be the lack of competitive cricket for a month-and-a-half between the WTC final and the Test series.
There are no matches scheduled against any county team for the Indians. The Indian team will have to play only intra-squad matches to prepare. This was confirmed by a statement from the England board last month.
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The Indian team was supposed to play India A in warm-up fixtures as per initial plans. However, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had in April announced that India A tour had been postponed.
"The India men's team will instead tour with a larger squad to prepare for, and use during, the five-match Test series," an ECB statement had said.
The Indian team will get to play two four-day intra-squad matches. With just 24 players, including four reserves, available, the team will barely be able to make two teams for the two warm-up matches. Last time in 2018, the Indians had played a three-day game against Essex prior to the Test series.
