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    "excerpt": "Former skippers Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan are not happy with England's squad selection for the first two Tests against India in which they have rested wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Former skippers Nasser Hussain and Michael Vaughan are not happy with England&#39;s squad selection for the first two Tests against India in which they have rested wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After the culmination of the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka, England will be touring India for four Tests, five T20Is, and three ODIs beginning February 5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I would say it&#39;s a concern that one of England&#39;s best three players of spin -- I would say Bairstow is alongside Joe Root and Ben Stokes in that -- has been given a boarding pass home and the others are going to Chennai. I&#39;d have to rethink,&quot; Hussain wrote in his column for Sky Sports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;England fans switching on when it is turning and England are 20\/2 may well have the argument, &#39;I want to see our best batsman against spin, or one of them, in Bairstow.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;If the next Test after this series was Brisbane in the Ashes, would we send our best side? So why when it&#39;s the first Test against India, one of the great sides, aren&#39;t we sending our best team? It is that balancing act of being fair to the public and winning what&#39;s in front of you and long-term planning all year,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Bairstow, Mark Wood, and Sam Curran have been rested for the first two Tests against India, while Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Rory Burns -- who are not part of the Sri Lanka series -- have been recalled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The only player in England&rsquo;s Top 3 that&rsquo;s playing the sub continent conditions with any control or calmness is resting for the first 2 Tests against the best Team in world at home <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> !!! The world is officially mad ... <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SLvENG<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelVaughan\/status\/1352930314641952768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>The first two Test matches are set to be played in Chennai before the series moves to Ahmedabad for the final two Tests. The third Test will be a day-night encounter, beginning on February 24.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England squad (for the first two Tests): Joe Root (c), Jofra Archer, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler*, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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