IND vs ENG: England to take Manchester United chef for 5-match Test series against India

England will tour India for a five-match Test series starting this month. With the rise in popularity of Bazball, it promises to be a mouth-watering clash. As part of their off-field plans for the tour, the visitors reportedly will take Manchester United chef Omar Meziane, who in the past traveled with the team to Pakistan in December 2022 when Ben Stokes’ side whitewashed the Men in Green.

“England will take their own chef on tour to India later this month to try and avoid players falling ill during the seven-week trip. The chef will join the squad in Hyderabad before the first Test on January 25 in an attempt to keep on top of the players’ nutrition,” The Telegraph quoted.

England will start their series in Hyderabad, followed by games in Vishakhapatnam, Rajkot, and Ranchi, and play the final Test in Dharamsala. “England insist it has nothing to do with not trusting hotels to provide clean facilities and is instead about ensuring players, especially those who refuse to eat spicy food, are eating nutritious meals rather than filling up on energy bars and pizzas,” reported the publication.

In addition, reports have also been circulating about the England team coming to India three days before the first Test, which raised quite a few eyebrows among former England players. “If England go in three days before, they deserve to get beat 5-0, they really do,” former fast bowler Steve Harmison would lament the team on talkSPORT podcast.

England last won a Test series in India in 2012. Since then, they have been hammered. In the recent tour in 2021, they started positively with a win in the first Test in Chennai; however, they lost the next three. With Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum at the helm, who have yet to lose a test series, the England team hopes to get better results this time.

Schedule:

1st Test in Hyderabad on January 25

2nd Test in Visakhapatnam on February 2

3rd Test in Rajkot on February 15

4th Test in Ranchi on February 23

5th Test in Dharamsala on March 7

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