England Test skipper Ben Stokes heaped praise on the Indian youngsters in the squad and called the current Indian bunch of talent "enormous" ahead of the first Test of the five-match series at Headingley from Friday.
Rana, who was part of the India A squad has linked up with the team India gear up for the series opener in Headingley, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed in a statement, as per ICC.
"I think the 2021 series, where we won a couple of games, the first one we could have won too, but unfortunately it rained on the last day and we couldn't chase down the total. Then we won at Lord's, followed by the Oval. Later, we returned for the fifth Test next year, and the series ended
India's seasoned seamer Mohammed Shami is unlikely to board the plane to England for the upcoming five high-stakes Tests, scheduled to begin on June 20 at Headingley, according to ESPNcricinfo.
The tour to England will consist of five T20Is and three ODIs. The series will kickstart with the first T20I at Nottingham, and the final T20I will be at Birmingham from July 12.
India qualified for the prestigious mixed team championships based on their world ranking. It will be eyeing to first seal their knock-out berth from a tough Group D line-up that also includes former champions Indonesia, two-time runners-up Denmark, and the formidable England, as per a press
India has suffered a massive setback just over a week before the beginning of the Champions Trophy as star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the tournament due to a lower back injury and Harshit Rana has been named as his replacement.
The Dutch Junior International will be played in Haarlem from February 26 to March 2 while the German Junior will be held in Mulheim an der Ruhr from March 5-9, as per a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
Team India captain Rohit Sharma opened up on seamer Mohammed Siraj missing out on the Men in Blue squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 and said that it's an unfortunate thing.
Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side, with all of Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chetry, Titas Sadhu, Deepti Sharma, Saima Thakor, Renuka Singh Thakur, Minnu Mani, and Priya Mishra included in the squads across both formats.
Chetry, the 22-year-old keeper-batter who made her India debut back in July and has four T20I appearances to her name so far, has received a maiden ODI call-up for the tour of Australia.