INDIA (Reuters) - Following is a factbox on the five-match test series between India and England beginning in Hyderabad on Thursday:
FIXTURES
First test: Jan. 25-29, Hyderabad
Second test: Feb. 2-6, Vishakhapatman
Third test: Feb. 15-19, Rajkot
Fourth test: Feb. 23-27, Ranchi
Fifth test: March 7-11, Dharamsala
*Play begins 0400 GMT/0930 local
INDIA
World ranking: 2
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Coach: Rahul Dravid
Top-ranked batsman: Rohit Sharma (10)
Top-ranked bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin (1)
India squad for first two tests: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar
ENGLAND
World ranking: 3
Captain: Ben Stokes
Coach: Brendon McCullum
Top-ranked batsman: Joe Root (2)
Top-ranked bowler: Ollie Robinson (6)
England squad: Ben Stokes (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood
HEAD-TO-HEAD IN INDIA:
Test series: 16
India wins: 8
England wins: 5
Draws: 3
OVERALL HEAD-TO-HEAD:
Test series: 35
India won: 11
England won: 19
Draws: 5
LAST THREE SERIES
2018: England beat India 4-1 in five-test series in England
2020-21: India beat England 3-1 in four-test series in India
2021-22: Five-test series in England ended in 2-2 draw