England stick with Ollie Pope at number three rather than recalling Jacob Bethell for the first Test against India, starting on Friday.

England stick with Ollie Pope at number three rather than recalling Jacob Bethell for the first Test against India, starting on Friday.

Team to face India shows two changes from the one that beat Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last month

Picking batsman with dismal record against India and Australia denies Jacob Bethell crucial time to develop his game before tour Down Under

BBC Sport and data analysts CricViz look at the key battles that could decide the outcome of the England v India Test series.

Follow all the news and analysis from Headingley at the first day of the first Test as Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’s England take on Shubman Gill’s India

Follow all the news and analysis from the ground at the first day of the first Test as Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’s England take on Shubman Gill’s India

Follow all the news and analysis from the second day of the first Test at Headingley as Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes’s England take on Shubman Gill’s India