Mumbai: England team arrived here early morning for the four match Test series and T20 Internationals against India. The England team will return home after the T20 series for Christmas and will return to India for the five matches ODI series in January next year.

England team led by opener Alastair Cook came from the UAE.

The Team will play three warm-up matches before the first Test, with the first warm-up match to be played against India A on Oct. 30. In the second warm-up match they will play Mumbai from Nov. 3-5. There third warm-up match is in Ahmadabad, the venue for the first Test match.

The first Test will be played from Nov. 15, second at Mumbai from Nov. 23, third in Kolkata from Dec. 5 and the last one on Nagpur from Dec. 13.

The T20 matches will be played in Pune on Dec. 20 and Mumbai on Dec. 22.

England Team:

Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Nick Compton, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar, Samit Patel.

By Indian Sports News Network