Welcome to the coverage of the opening Test of the five-match series between India and England in Rajkot, on Wednesday.

The Saurashtra Cricket Association will make it's Test debut while the series will also finally the Decision Review System (DRS) make it's bow in a bilateral series in India.

The hosts will be aiming for revenge for their series loss in 2012 against England when they last toured India in 2012, winning the the four-match series 2-1.

However, Alastair Cook's England seem to have neither the form nor the resources to repeat their 2012 heroics against an Indian team determined to cement their top Test rankings.

England's two-Test series in Bangladesh was meant to be a dress rehearsal for their batsmen who are likely to be subjected to relentless spin on similarly turning tracks in India.

Instead, Cook and his men landed with bruised egos, having lost the second Test in Dhaka inside three days to settle for a 1-1 share of the series against the world's ninth ranked Test team.

They did not look very convincing in their victory in the Chittagong Test either but bigger shocks awaited them in Dhaka where they lost 10 wickets in a session, exposing their frailties against spinners on turning wickets.