Chris Woakes: India’s tour of England is starting from June 20.
England’s experienced fast bowler Chris Woakes, who has been away from action since the ankle injury in January 2025. However, he has recently returned to competitive cricket, and is seen playing in the second unofficial Test match between England Lions vs India A in Northampton. Apart from this, he has got a place in the English team for the first match of the five-match Test series against India starting on June 20.
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So, while playing for England Lions on June 6, he took the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Karun Nair against India A. Meanwhile, after the first day’s play between the two teams ended, the 36-year-old player has made a big statement about Virat Kohli’s Test retirement. It is worth noting that during IPL 2025, Kohli had said goodbye to the biggest format of the game.
Chris Woakes made a big statement on Kohli’s Test retirement
After the first day’s play ended in the second unofficial Test match between England Lions vs India A, Woakes was quoted by ESPN Cricinfo as saying – There have been some good battles on the field with Virat in the last few years. For the game, it’s a shame that they won’t play. But Indian cricket has so much depth that the players who come. I’m sure they will be of a very high level, who will prove themselves in some way or the other.
At the same time, Chris Woakes further put forward his point of view about the Indian batting and said – Their batting will be tough, no matter what the conditions are, where you are playing them. Indian batsmen are always very good. This (five-match Test series) will be a tough challenge.
Well, it will be worth seeing how the Indian team led by Shubman Gill is going to perform in England this time? The first match of the Test series will be played from June 20 at Headingley ground in Leeds.
