India vs England: Hosts begin mind games, recall R Ashwin's 6-55 in 2016 series; WATCH

International cricket will return to India after a hiatus of almost one and a half years, as Men in Blue prepare to take on England at home. India's last home Test series came against Banglesh, all way back in vember 2019 and y won both Tests by an innings. Playing in far different conditions this time around, India will hope to start off long-drawn series - consisting of 4 Tests, 5 T20Is and 3 ODIs - with a win over visitors. India vs England 1st Test will commence on Friday, February 5, with last game of series taking place on March 28. 

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BCCI teases R Ashwin wickets from 2016 series ahe of India vs England clash

Both England and India will be charged up by ir recent victories as y come into this Test series. With first Test set to take place in Chennai on Friday, BCCI has turned up heat a tch, reminding England of ir fate last time y came to India for a Test series. board took to Twitter to post a video highlight of R Ashwin's magical spell from India vs England series in 2016, when spinner recorded figures of 6-55 to bundle out visitors in 4th test at Wankhede Stium in Mumbai. 

Alrey 0-2 down in a five-Test series, England h put up 400 runs in ir first innings. A 235 run kck from Virat Kohli, along with 136 by Murali Vijay helped India to a whopping 631-run total. Ashwin's heroics helped India kck England out for just 195, helping m win by an innings and 36 runs and take an unassailable 3-0 le in series.

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With Kohli returning to assume captaincy of Indian team and Joe Root coming off a wondrous run in Sri Lanka,  Root vs Kohli tussle is expected to be one of defining features of this series. Both captains will be hoping to guide ir sides to  World Test Championship finals scheduled for this summer. India are currently in top spot in  ICC WTC table, while England are some way behind, at .4.

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India squ for England Tests 2021

India (First two Tests): Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (WK), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur

India Standby players: KS Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Neem, Rahul Chahar, Priyank Panchal

England (First two tests): Joe Root (C), Moeen Ali, Dom Bess, Stuart Bro, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Dom Sibley, Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, James Anderson

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Im Credits: BCCI