IND vs ENG: 5 Indian Players To Watch Out For In The Test Series In 2024

India and England will clash in a five-match Test series in January and India are ready to retain their supremacy in Tests at home. The Indian team hasn’t lost a Test series at home since 2012 and they are likely to keep their record intact. The rank turners in India are just perfect for the spin attack and the spinners are likely to take full advantage of it and take a lot of wickets.

The Indian players are always in great form in home Tests and boast an impressive record in home conditions, especially spinners and batters. The spinning tracks help the bowlers to take ample wickets whereas the Indian batters are considered particularly strong against the spin bowling. Let’s have a look at Five Indian players to watch out for in the upcoming Test series against England

IND vs ENG: 5 Indian Players To Watch Out For In The Test Series

1. Rohit Sharma:

The Indian skipper has a terrific record in home Tests and has scored a lot of runs against England in particular. His performance in away Tests may be on the weaker side but in home Tests, he is a force to reckon. Rohit Sharma has played nine Test matches against England and has amassed 747 runs in 17 innings. He has an impressive average of 49.80 and has smashed three half-centuries and two centuries against them. One of his two centuries against England came at home when he scored 161 in Chennai.

2. Virat Kohli:

Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batters of this era and his record against England in Tests speaks for his skills. Kohli has amassed 1991 runs at an average of 42.36 against England in Tests. He has smashed six centuries and nine half-centuries against England and out of six hundreds, three were at home. He also scored a double hundred against England playing a sensational knock of 235 at Wankhede in 2016. Virat Kohli will be one of the greatest threats for England in the upcoming series.

3. KL Rahul:

KL Rahul will be keeping the wickets for the first time in home conditions and that will be his biggest challenge in India. The rank turners make it very difficult for the keepers to judge the ball. However, this will also be the first time that KL Rahul will be playing in the middle order for India in home Tests. He has played 16 Test matches in India and has scored 923 runs at an average of 40.13. He has smashed eight fifties and only one century in India which came against England in 2016 where he scored 199.

4. Ravichandran Ashwin:

Ravichandran Ashwin will be the biggest threat to English batters in the spinning conditions and he has a terrific record in home conditions. Ashwin is already nearing the 500 Test wickets landmark and is likely to complete the milestone in the upcoming series against England. He is just 10 wickets away from the 500-wicket landmark. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 88 wickets against England in Tests and has also scored a century against them in Chennai in 2021.

5. Ravindra Jadeja:

One of the best all-rounders of this generation, Ravindra Jadeja is another player to watch out for in the upcoming India vs England Test series. He has scored 799 runs against England in Tests which includes five half-centuries and a century against them. Apart from that he is also nearing the 300 wickets milestone in Test cricket and has to take just 25 wickets to reach the landmark.