England's Stokes-McCullum era has faced India before, in that one-off rearranged Test match in the summer of 2022, which they won - but a five-match series away from home is an entirely different prospect.
They did it in Pakistan, they almost managed it against Australia and now, here lies Bazball's latest (and arguably toughest) challenge.
And as if it wasn't already eagerly anticipated, the build-up has been quite something.
Harry Brook and Virat Kohli are both absent for personal reasons, Shoaib Bashir's visa delay has taken the headlines and yesterday, attention turned to the cricket for the first time as England announced their XI.
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