Defending Champions England Arrive in Guwahati for ODI Cricket World Cup

Guwahati: The defending champions England arrived in Assam’s Guwahati on Friday ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against India.

Indian batter Shubman Gill also arrived at the Guwahati airport at the same time as England players. India will take on England in their WC warm-up match on Saturday at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. England’s second warm-up game will be against Bangladesh in Guwahati on October 2.

England will kickstart their title defence against New Zealand on October 5 at Ahmedabad.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav.

England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.