England lap up Aussies' Test misery

‘We can beat them’: Silverwood talks up England’s Ashes bid after Australia wilt

Explosive all-rounder Ben Stokes and pacer Jofra Archer on Thursday returned to a 16-member strong England squad named for the first two Tests of the upcoming four-match series against India.

England's selectors have made a decision to rest Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran and Mark Wood, who are now in Sri Lanka while Craig Overton will also return home after the second Test in the island nation.

In the absence of Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal will continue to Captain the team in the 2nd test match.

In their past three away Tests England's first-innings totals have been 499 for 9 dec, 400 and 421.The Spin: sign up and get our weekly cricket email."It's not rocket science", Silverwood said of these achievements.

He sits ahead of Australian Steve Smith in second place, following India's 2-1 test series win in Australia.

"That's why we need so many of them".

India and England will face off in two Tests in Chennai, followed by two games at the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad.

Opener Rory Burns will also be back after spending the last few weeks on paternity leave, but rather than building back up to full strength for the eagerly-awaited contest England have left Sam Curran, Mark Wood and Jonny Bairstow out of the first two matches.

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"So, it is absolutely a pragmatic point that we wish to give people breaks".

Root said that Archer and Stokes' returns would provide "a huge boost", and suggested that they would be refreshed after time off in recent weeks.

"Speak to any side in the world, those two guys coming back into it would give the squad a huge boost and it's certainly the case for us", he said. "Hopefully they are full of energy and ready to go when they get here".

"If you look at what we've got in front of us, before we get to the Ashes we have nine Tests against India", said Silverwood.

However, five players were sent home after Sri Lanka Cricket expressed dissatisfaction over some engaging in card games while the batting was collapsing on day one of the first Test.

Jos Buttler will also be rested for the last three Tests in India as part of England's rotation policy to keep players fresh for an "incredibly congested" fixture list of 17 Tests this year plus various white ball series and a Twenty20 World Cup. "They are doing all the right things in practice and giving themselves the best opportunity when they walk out to play", ESPNcricinfo quoted Root as saying. "I don't want to feel like my rehab is rushed and put myself under too much stress", he said.

"And the other thing, when the situation comes everyone in the team executes the plan really well".

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