India Cricket Board announced England Tour an unusually big squad for the 5 Tests against England starting July, packing it with 6 fast bowlers though there was no place for Zaheer Khan. Other major talking points in the 18-man squad were the return of Gautam Gambhir, who last played Tests for India in December 2012, and the inclusion of Rajasthan's fast bowler Pankaj Singh.
No | Name | No | Name | No | Name |
1 | MS Dhoni | 7 | M Vijay | 13 | Shikhar Dhawan, |
2 | Gautam Gambhir | 8 | Cheteshwar Pujara | 14 | Virat Kohli |
3 | Ajinkya Rahane | 9 | Rohit Sharma | 15 | Ravindra Jadeja |
4 | R Ashwin | 10 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 16 | Mohammed Shami |
5 | Ishwar Pandey | 11 | Ishant Sharma | 17 | Stuart Binny |
6 | Varun Aaron | 12 | Wriddhiman Saha | 18 | Pankaj Singh |