Carry on case for brazen Brendon

COACH WANTS ENGLAND TO CONTINUE BEING BOLD

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ENGLAND will carry on being bold as they try to inflict India's first home Test series defeat in more than a decade.

Brendon will see And head coach McCullum says fans captain Ben Stokes back to something like full fitness - even though he will not be used as a bowler.

England's red-ball team will be in action for the first time in almost six months when they begin a five-match tour on Thursday in Hyderabad.

India have lost only three matches out of 46 at home since they were last beaten in a series, by Alastair Cook's England in 2012.

But McCullum, above, sees that as a challenge and is plotting a surprise. Crucially, on a pitch that is expected to offer plenty of turn, England must decide how to use their spinners from a unit featuring the established Jack Leach and rookies Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir.