Xtra Time Web Desk: Four Indian cricketers Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna will all team up with the Leicestershire squad, captained by opening batsman Sam Evans for the 4-day warm-up match at Uptonsteel Ground starting from Thursday (June 23, 2022).
Leicestershire CCC, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have all agreed to allow the four players from the visiting camp to be part of the Running Foxes side, in order to allow all members of the travelling party to participate in the fixture (subject to fitness).
The match will be played with 13 players per side to provide further flexibility and help manage bowling workloads.
The Indian squad led by Rohit Sharma reached Leicestershire on Sunday, before they undertook their first training and net session at Uptonsteel County Ground on Monday morning.
The world’s second-best Test ranked side have trained for three days ahead of tomorrow’s four-day fixture against the Running Foxes, which proceeds the rescheduled Fifth Test against England at Edgbaston at the start of July.
India Squad:
Rohit Sharma (Capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.
Leicestershire CCC Squad:
Sam Evans (Capt), Rehan Ahmed, Sam Bates (wk), Nat Bowley, Will Davis, Joey Evison, Louis Kimber, Abi Sakande, Roman Walker.