India vs England 1st test match from 4 August, it will take place at Trent Bridge stadium in Nottingham and the game begins at 10:00 AM GMT and the toss will happen 30 minutes before start. The first Test between England and India on 4 August at Trent Bridge will mark the beginning of the 2023 ICC World Test Championship cycle.
Indian key players facing injuries, with Mayank Agarwal out of the first Test due to a concussion. Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Avesh Khan are already ruled out of the entire series. Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav named replacements but they will available after first Test match. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma possible opening pair for India in the opening test.
TV Info: Sony Six, Sony TEN 3 and Sony TEN 4 to broadcast live coverage of India v England five-match Test series in India and its subcontinent (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) countries; all matches streamed live in India on SonyLiv digital platform (Website, App).
Cricket viewers in the United States can watch India vs England Tests, T20I, ODI series on Willow TV. In the United Kingdom, TV coverage will be shown exclusively live on Sky Sports Cricket. Sky Sports has acquired a free-to-air rights package that includes daily highlights of international matches in India for Test series, they also acquired OTT (Audio, Video, and other media services via the internet) right.
SuperSport to telecast live coverage of England vs India four tests, three-match one-day and five-match T20I series in South Africa. SuperSport also available on DStv and GOtv as well as on SuperSport dot com and DStv Now in 50 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
beIN Sports have TV rights for India vs England Test series in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Countries, here are the list – Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Sudan. This series will be broadcast and streamed live by beIN Sports across 24 countries throughout the MENA region.
Fox Sports has acquired exclusive media rights for the series; they will telecast all matches of India vs England series in Australia on Fox Sports while viewers can also watch online on Foxtel Sports digital platform. Kayo Sports will live stream matches in Australia, a new digital platform in Australia to watch cricket matches online. The Foxtel App is the better option if you already have a TV subscription, while Foxtel Now is the way to go if you only want to stream Foxtel channels.
For New Zealand audience’s, SKY Sport NZ is the official broadcaster, they can tune to SKY for the live coverage of series. talkSPORT will be the exclusive radio broadcaster for India’s tour of England, with every ball of every game live action from India on talkSPORT 2.
In India and it’s subcontinent, India v England Test series will be broadcast on the Sony Networks that will offer coverage in six languages – Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Malayalam.
- Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 3 HD (Hindi)
- Sony TEN 4, Sony TEN 4 HD (Tamil, Telugu)
- Sony Six, Sony Six HD (English, Bengali, Malayalam)
India: Sony TEN 3, Sony Six, Sony TEN 4, SonyLiv
UK: Sky Sports Cricket
USA: Willow TV
Australia: Fox Sports
Sun-Saharan Africa: SuperSport
Caribbean: Flow Sports
New Zealand: SKY TV
IND vs ENG 1st Test Live Cricket Score Updates, India vs England 2021
IND – 278, 52/1 |
ENG – 183, 303 |
Match Details |
| Dates | 04 August – 08 August, 2021 |
| Match | India vs England, 1st Test |
| Venue | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Time | 03:30 PM IST, 10:00 AM GMT, 11:00 AM LOCAL |
| TV Listings | India vs England 2021 TV Info |
| Tournament | India tour of England, 2021 |
| Head to Head |
Matches – 126, ENG Won – 48, IND Won – 29, NR – 49 |
| Prediction |
England is the favorite in the game |
| Toss | England opt to bat |
| IND Playing XI | Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah |
| ENG Playing XI | Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, James Anderson |
| Result | Match Drawn |
Team Squads
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England Test Squad: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (captain), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Daniel Lawrence, Jos Buttler (wk), Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, Dominic Bess, Ollie Pope, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Craig Overton, Sam Curran, Haseeb Hameed
India Test Squad: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Hanuma Vihari, Abhimanyu Easwaran
Key Players: Jos Buttler/Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Joe Root, Virat Kohli, Rory Burns, Ravindra Jadeja/R Ashwin, Daniel Lawrence, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jack Leach
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