BCCI (Board Of Control For Cricket In India) has announced the Indian team squad for World Test Championship Final to be held in Southampton from 18th of June to 22nd June against New Zealand (Kiwis) as well as for the 5 Test matches that will be played against England in England.  

Indian Cricket team will leave for World Test Championship Final against New Zealand on 2nd June as they would have to undergo quarantine for 10 days. Players will be getting near about 1 week for practice before playing WTC Final. All the players will stay in Hilter Hotel which is attached to the Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton. 

The 20 players Indian squad announced by BCCI for WTC Final and England tour is as under:

India's squad

Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Vice Captain), Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Mayank Aggarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper) , Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav and 2 players KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha (wicket keeper) will be kept under subject to fitness clearance. 

Standby players: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla. 

After the announcement of the Indian team squad for WTC Final and for the 5 test matches against England, there is a huge concern spread regarding the fitness issues of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and especially Hardik Pandya as both of them are not included in the 20 man squad announced. Both of them are facing injuries over a certain period of time. Hardik Pandya who made his debue in Indian team in 2016 as an all -rounder is currently not able to bowl over a certain period of time due to his injury concern. Nearly about 18 months ago, he went through his back surgery and from that period of time, he has not being bowling for Indian Cricket team and is included in the T20's and One days as a proper batsman. Indian team staff, selectors as well as coaches have already given Pandya a long rope to recover from his injury and to return and play as a proper all rounder for the team. All the staff, coaches and selectors have given Hardik a long rope because they were grooming him over the years. 

But now unfortunately, he is not been included for WTC Final and the upcoming test matches that will be played against England as his injury continues to be a concern for the team. 

Scheduled dates for 5 test matches against England are as under:

India’s tour of England, 2021-22

A

18th - 22nd June

WTC Final vs NZ

Southampton

1

4th - 8th August

1st Test vs England

Nottingham

2

12th - 16th August

2nd Test vs England

London (Lord’s)

3

25th - 29th August

3rd Test vs England

Leeds

4

2nd – 6th September

4th Test vs England

London (Oval)

5

10th – 14th September

5th Test vs England

Manchester