Team India depart for England tour with baggage of hope

23 June,2014 08:33 AM IST |   |  Agencies

An 18-member Indian team led by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni yesterday left for England to compete in the five-match Test series, starting at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on July 9

Top row: India players MS Dhoni (left), Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Varun Aaron bottom ROW: Virat Kohli (left), Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai before their depature to Engl


An 18-member Indian team led by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni yesterday left for England to compete in the five-match Test series, starting at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on July 9.


Top row: India players MS Dhoni left, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Varun Aaron bottom ROW: Virat Kohli left, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai before their depature to England yesterday morning. Pic/PTI

The England tour commences on June 26 with a three-day game in Leicester. The visitors are to play one more warm-up game against Derbyshire July 1-3.

The remaining Tests are to be played at Lord-s July 17-21, The Rose Bowl in Southampton July 27-31, Old Trafford August 7-11 and The Oval August 15-19.

India lost all the four Tests in their previous tour in 2011.

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