Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes return to the England squad for the first two India tests:

For the first two tests of their India tour, England has announced their team. After missing the trip to Sri Lanka. Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, and Rory Burns will join the party. While Jonny Bairstow, Mark Wood, and Sam Curran will return home. At the end of the second test in Galle, which begins on Friday. This could be a bitter pill for Bairstow to swallow. As he returned to the long-form game for the first Sri Lanka test after an absence of more than a year, having declared his intention to be a huge contributor to English cricket in the Test arena. However, Ed Smith, England national selector.

Before the start of the Sri Lanka tour. We indicated no multi-format player will ask to play in any post-Christmas schedule series, Smith said. In Sri Lanka, where we expect you to get game time, there’s a great opportunity coming up, but you’re going to need your rest at some stage too. And he understands that absolutely and endorses it. For Jonny, it felt like the best thing to do to take his break now, and then he can carry on when he comes back with the white-ball squad in the test squad afterwards.

India’s series win in Australia:

For example, scheduled to return home after the first test in Chennai. Further rotation expected over two months before England returns from India. This will leave Ben Foakes for the second test as the senior wicketkeeper, with James Bracey among the reserves and Bairstow returning for the third match in the four-test series, along with Wood and Curran. Ollie Pope will fly to India. 

India’s series win in Australia. This shows the possible value of getting experienced coverage in every position. That will be encouraged by England’s rotation policy. “Before using the words radical or innovative, you hesitate because they can attract the wrong kind of attention, but we passionately believe in this,” Smith said. It is important to modernize the idea of a tour. We’re not going by sea for five months at a time, we’re not going away.

We need to be more flexible, and if we need to break up a tour so that we can get people out for their own good, we’ll do it for the good of England. We had unbelievable support from the players. They know that we do things for the right reasons, both for the players and the family. Starting on Friday, England named their team for the second test in Galle, with Jimmy Anderson replacing Stuart Broad in the only change to the side that won the first match.