Durham Weather Today, Indians vs County Select XI, Warm-up: The Indians will begin their preparations for the England Test series with their first warm-up match against a Select County XI at the Riverside Ground, Durham. The Indian camp is gripped by the Covid case of Rishabh Pant, who is yet to travel to Durham, while Wriddhiman Saha, Abhimanyu Easwaran are in isolation. While opener Shubman Gill is out of the tour with an injury, it presents an opportunity for both Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul to claim the spot for openers other than Rohit Shama.
Rahul will be wicketkeeping in the Indian Test team’s practice against County Select XI starting at the Riverside ground here today, the Cricket Board of India has confirmed. Saha is in isolation till July 24 after he came in contact with training assistant Dayanand Garani, who had tested positive along with Pant.
The weather is clear at Chester Le Streer Durham and a full day’s play is expected. It is a matter of three days. Where there is a chance of sunshine and good rain on the first day, there is only 8 percent chance of rain, the second day will be partly cloudy, but the forecast of rain is very less. Partly sunshine is expected for the third day as well but the rainfall is expected to be 25 per cent.
Squad:
Indians: Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, R. Ashwin, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav; Standby players: Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla
Unavailable for India: Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant and Abhimanyu Easwaran (standby) are in isolation while Shubman Gill is injured.
County Select XI: Will Rhodes (Captain), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Aspinwell, Ethan Bamber, James Bracey, Jack Carson, Jack Chappell, Haseeb Hameed, Lyndon James, Jake Libby, Craig Miles, Liam Patterson-White, James Rave, Rob Yates .
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