Cricket-Hurting India meet England minus Stokes to begin new WTC cycle

FILE PHOTO Cricket - Fourth Test - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - March 4, 2021. England's captain Joe Root and his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli walk after England won the toss. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

(Reuters) -Revenge will be on Joe Root's mind when he leads England in a five-test series against Virat Kohli's India beginning in Nottingham on Wednesday, kicking off a new World Test Series (WTC) cycle in the process.

Both sides are smarting from the mauling they received from New Zealand in June with England losing at home and India in the WTC final in Southampton.