Factbox on the test series between England and India, which begins in Nottingham on Wednesday:
FIXTURES
First test Aug. 4-8 Nottingham 11 a.m. (1000 GMT)
Second test Aug. 12-16 London 11 a.m. (1000 GMT)
Third test Aug. 25-29 Leeds 11 a.m. (1000 GMT)
Fourth test Sept. 2-6 London 11 a.m. (1000 GMT)
Fifth test Sept. 10-14 Manchester 11 a.m. (1000 GMT)
ENGLAND
World ranking: 4
Captain: Joe Root
Coach: Chris Silverwood
Top ranked batsman: Joe Root (5)
Top ranked bowler: Stuart Broad (7)
Squad: Joe Root, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Dom Sibley, Mark Wood.
INDIA
World ranking: 2
Captain: Virat Kohli
Coach: Ravi Shastri
Top ranked batsman: Virat Kohli (4)
Top ranked bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin (2)
Squad: Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohammad Shami, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav.
TEST HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches: 126
England wins: 48
India wins: 29
Draws: 49
Tied: 0
LAST THREE SERIES
2021 India beat England 3-1 in India
2018 England beat India 4-1 in England
2016-17 India beat England 4-0 in India
(Compiled by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
