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Ahead of the fourth Test against against England starting on July 23, the players of the Indian Cricket team along with Head Coach Gautam Gambhir met with the players from the Premier League club Manchester United on July 20. The players from both the teams also exchanged their jerseys as skipper Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah along with Gautam Gambhir were seen donning the Manchester United jerseys. On the other hand, players like Leny Yoro, Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire and others along with Manchester United Head Coach Ruben Amorim donned the Indian Test jerseys.
Several pictures were shared from the collaboration between the Indian Cricket team and Manchester United. In one picture, Mohammed Siraj can be seen bowling to Harry Maguire, while in another one Rishabh Pant was seen giving his signed bat to Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes. Indian Head Coach Gautam Gambhir also posed with Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim for a picture, while Shubman Gill and Bruno Fernandes were also sharing a laugh together.
India aim for series levelling win against England at Old Trafford
India are scheduled to play the fourth Test of a five-match series against England at Old Trafford Cricket in Greater Manchester from July 23 to 27. The visitors are currently trailing by 1-2 after the first three matches of the series. They ended up losing the third Test at Lords by a close margin of 22 runs on July 14.
Now, India will be looking to win the fourth Test in Greater Manchester and level the series by 2-2. It will be a crucial game for the Indian team who is looking for its first Test series win in England after 2007.
India’s squad for Tests vs England: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
