The tourists will play two behind-closed-doors Test matches at Galle International Cricket Stadium on 14-18 January and 22-26 January.

The touring part will depart on 2 January and will also be without fast-bowler Jofra Archer, who is being rested, and Surrey batsman Rory Burns due to the impending birth of his child, but Bairstow will be involved.

Ollie Pope, who is recovering from a shoulder injury that he picked up against Pakistan in September, will join the squad as he continues his rehab ahead of the fixtures against India, the ECB added.

England Test squad:

Joe Root (Yorkshire) [captain], Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Dom Bess (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Foakes (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Jack Leach (Somerset), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Olly Stone (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

James Bracey (Gloucestershire), Mason Crane (Hampshire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Matthew Parkinson (Lancashire), Ollie Robinson (Sussex), Amar Virdi (Surrey).

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