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England's Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes reserve players arrives for first 2 tests

Chennai, Jan 24 (UNI) Pacer Jofra Archer, all round Ben Stokes
batsman Rorry Burns and Jonathan Trott were among the 15
members of the England Team and reserve players arrived here
today for the first two tests to be played at the Chepauk Stadium
on February 5 and 13.
The cricketers and reserve players who were not part of the
England Team that was currently playing test matches in Sri
Lanka, arrived here by a special aircraft from Hyderabad for
four tests, five T-20s and three ODIs.
The last two tests and the T-20s would be held in Ahmedabad
and the ODIs in Pune.
The England team would be arriving from Sri Lanka on January 27,
the day when Indian cricketers would land in the city in batches.
The players, who arrived today were subjected to medical tests
and would be isolated in a star hotel in the city for the next few
days in view of the corona pandemic.
All the England and Indian cricketers would go into bio-bubble
at the Leela Palace hotel along with match officials.
While Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer returned for the Test series
when the ECB named the squad for the first two matches.
Batsman Rory Burns also returned to the side after missing
the Sri Lanka tour to stay at home for the birth of his first child.
England’s selectors have decided to rest Jonny Bairstow, Sam
Curran and Mark Wood, who are currently in Sri Lanka while
Craig Overton will also return home after the second Test in
the island nation.
The England team :
Joe Root (Captain), Jofra Archer, Moeen Ali, James Anderson,
Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley,
Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dom Sibley, Ben
Stokes, Olly Stone and Chris Woakes.
Reserves: James Bracey, Mason Crane, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew
Parkinson, Ollie Robinson and Amar Virdi.
Indian team :
Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman
Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), KL Rahul, Hardik
Pandya, Rishabh Pant and Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keepers),
R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant
Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur.
Net bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier,
Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar.
Standbys: KS Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem,
Rahul Chahar, Priyank Panchal.
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