India, June 11 -- Unlike the Australia tour last year, where the intra-squad game was shelved in a last-minute decision, the Indian team management is fully ready for the match, this time in preparations for the England Test series. India A have completed their outing against the England Lions, where they played two drawn games, and are now slated to go up against the Shubman Gill-led senior India side next week in Kent, a match that will be the team's only preparatory match for the five-Test crucial contest up ahead.

The series will begin on June 20 in Leeds. In a bid to prepare, the visitors set up a training camp at the South East London venue in Beckenham as they solidify their preparations for the first bilateral Test series without...