Sticking to their stance of not holding back players who are not a part of the playing XI, England released Moeen Ali and James Porter after Day 1 of the first England-India Test match at Birmingham.
Ali will join Worcestershire and Porter will strengthen the Essex squad for this week’s T20 Blast matches.
Moeen will play in two back-to-back games -- against Durham at home on August 3 and away to Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on August 4. Porter will also be available for two consecutive games - against Kent at Canterbury tomorrow and at Taunton against Somerset on Friday.
The two players were initially named in England's 13-man squad for the opening game of the five-match Test series against India at Edgbaston.
England confirmed their playing XI on the eve of the game, leaving out off-spinner Moeen Ali in favour of wrist-spinner Adil Rashid, whose surprise selection in the Test squad has sparked a raging debate.
Meanwhile, Porter, who took three wickets against India in their only warm-up game ahead of the series, will have to wait longer to make his Test debut.
Seeing the outcome of the first day’s play, a change in England’s line-up cannot be ruled out going forward into the Test series. India enjoyed the upper hand, picking up six wickets in the last session to reduce the hosts 285 for 9 after they opted to bat first. Ravichandran Ashwin became picked up four wickets for 60 runs in 25 overs.