Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairstow sits out first half of India v England Test series

JONNY BAIRSTOW has been rested for the first two Tests against India next month.
Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow is 'rested' by England for the first two Tests in the four-match series against India. Picture: Mike Egerton/PAYorkshire's Jonny Bairstow is 'rested' by England for the first two Tests in the four-match series against India. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA
Yorkshire's Jonny Bairstow is 'rested' by England for the first two Tests in the four-match series against India. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA

The Yorkshire star will miss the matches in Chennai as part of England’s rest and rotation policy.

Sam Curran and Mark Wood are also stood down as England rest all their multi-format players at some point during a busy winter schedule.

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Bairstow, Curran and Wood are available for the final two Tests in Ahmedabad before a five-match T20 series and three one-day internationals.

Fast bowler Jofra Archer (left), pictured with Stuart Broad, is back in the England squad for the first two Tests against India. Picture: Dan Mullan/NMC Pool/PAFast bowler Jofra Archer (left), pictured with Stuart Broad, is back in the England squad for the first two Tests against India. Picture: Dan Mullan/NMC Pool/PA
Fast bowler Jofra Archer (left), pictured with Stuart Broad, is back in the England squad for the first two Tests against India. Picture: Dan Mullan/NMC Pool/PA

England’s 16-strong squad for the first two Tests includes the returning Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Rory Burns.

Stokes and Archer were rested for the ongoing Sri Lanka series and Burns was at home for the birth of his first child. Ollie Pope will travel to India and be officially added to the squad as soon as he is fully recovered from a shoulder injury.

With Stokes and Archer back, and subject to the fitness of the rest of the squad, Somerset’s Craig Overton will return home after the Sri Lanka series.

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England squad: Joe Root (Yorkshire, captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire). Reserves: James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Amar Virdi (Surrey).

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