The Indian squad for the much-awaited five-match Test series against England, which gets underway at Birmingham from August 1, is set to be announced today in the United Kingdom. The visitors are playing a five-match Test series against England for the first time since the November 2016-17 home series which India won 4-0. Chief selector MSK Prasad and his other two colleagues are set to announce a big squad, not restricting it to just 15 members.

Pacer Mohammed Shami is certain to return to the Test squad after missing out on the one-off Test against Afghanistan in May for failing the YoYo test, the fitness benchmark set by the Indian team management. While Shami has cleared the rigorous YoYo test, doubts still persist over wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha's recovery from injury. Saha's chances of making it to the Test squad for the England series are quite slim, it is learnt.