Manchester: England captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum were seen walking around and inspecting the pitch for the Manchester Test, which begins on Wednesday.
The Three Lions are now 21 up in the five-match series, having won the third Test at Lord's by 22 runs. Now, India will meet the Ben Stokes-led side in the fourth Test of the series, which will be played at Old Trafford.
Earlier, left-arm bowler Liam Dawson was named to England's playing XI for the fourth Test of the five-match series.
The squad has one difference from the one that won memorably at Lord's. Liam Dawson (35), a left-arm spinner, has been called up in place of Shoaib Bashir, who fractured his finger while fielding on Day 3 of the third Test and has been ruled out of the series. Bashir was England's only frontline spinner in the first three Tests.
Dawson played his most recent Test for England in 2017, marking his return to the longest format after eight years.
The left-arm orthodox spinner, who made his debut against India in 2016, has seven wickets in three Test matches.
The 35-year-old has been honored for his performance in the current County Championship season, where he has 21 wickets in nine appearances for Hampshire.
England have maintained the other ten players that participated in a thrilling victory over India, giving the hosts a 2-1 lead in the ICC World Test Championship series.
In the Lord's Test of the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, Mohammed Siraj's unlucky dismissal at the hands of Shoaib Bashir, in which the ball rolled back into the stumps after landing on the pitch, ended India's tenacious resistance at Lord's, leaving Ravindra Jadeja stranded following a heartbreaking 22-run defeat.
India lost the match despite controlling England for long stretches, with Jasprit Bumrah among the top players. He collected seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings.
England's starting XI for the Manchester Test: Ben Stokes (c), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Liam Dawson, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, and Jofra Archer.
India's team includes Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav.
