Ahmed Named In England Squad For India Test Tour
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Leicestershire all-rounder Rehan Ahmed has been named in England Men's 16-strong squad for the Test tour of India next year.
The five-match series, which begins in January, will see Brendon McCullum's side take on the world's number one ranked outfit in the latest round of ICC World Test Championship fixtures.
19-year-old Ahmed will be looking to add to his sole Test cap after taking the world by storm on debut against Pakistan last December. The leg-spinner claimed seven wickets, and became the youngest ever Test debutant to pick up a five-wicket-haul.
In all, Ahmed has 20 wickets in 10 international appearances across all formats, with the Academy graduate featuring in all three of England's ODIs in the West Indies earlier this month.
England Men's Test Squad:
Ben Stokes (Durham “ captain), Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Tom Hartley (Lancashire), Jack Leach (Somerset), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Mark Wood (Durham)
1st Test: India v England, 25-29 January, Hyderabad; 2nd Test: India v England, 2-6 February, Vizag; 3rd Test: India v England, 15-19 February, Rajkot; 4th Test: India v England, 23-27 February, Ranchi; 5th Test: India v England, 7-11 March, Dharamsala.
