England vs India: England announced playing XI for the first Test

England team for first Test: Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung and Shoaib Bashir.

Bethel had scored 3 half -centuries in 3 Tests against New Zealand last year.

He also played an innings of 82 runs in the first ODI against the West Indies.

So far, he has scored 260 runs in 6 innings of Test cricket, and his average is 52.