article: The match will go ahead despite the Board of Control for Cricket in India threatening to cancel the match over a financial dispute with the courts. Lancashire batsman Hameed, 19, will become only the second teenager to play Test cricket for England since 1949. Ben Duckett, who opened in the recent Test series against Bangladesh, will replace Gary Ballance at four. "We have all been hugely impressed with the way Haseeb has gone about his business on this tour. Nothing seems to faze him," said captain Alastair Cook. Hameed, who scored 1,129 runs at an average of 52 in County Championship Division One this summer, was called up for the Test tour of Bangladesh in October but did not play in the 1-1 series draw. All-rounder Ben Hollioake, who was 19 when he played against Australia in 1997, is the only other teenager to appear in a Test for England since 18-year-old Brian Close made his debut in 1949. Left-hander Ballance, 26, has been dropped after scoring only 24 runs in four innings in Bangladesh. "I feel sorry for Gary," said Cook. "They were tough conditions in Bangladesh and ultimately it's about how many runs you score. "I still think he's a fine player and one who I think will play again for England and do well." The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) threatened to cancel the opening Test - the first to be held in Rajkot - unless judges ended a freeze on its bank accounts. Last month, the supreme court ruled that the board must obtain prior approval from a special panel investigating its governance in order to release funds to state associations which host Tests. However, the supreme court has released £70,000 so the match can go ahead. Media playback is not supported on this device Cook, 31, will break Michael Atherton's record of 54 Tests as England captain during the opening game of the five-match series. He hinted in a recent interview with the Cricketer magazine that this series could be his last as captain, but said on Tuesday he was not thinking of anything beyond the India tour. "I have always said to (England director of cricket) Andrew Strauss we will take every series as it comes," said Cook. "It could be two months, it could be a year, it could be six months, it could be anything. For me, it's about concentrating on this series." Media playback is not supported on this device Former England captain Michael Vaughan said Cook could step down after the series in India, or after the Ashes tour of Australia in 2017-18. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live's Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show, he said: "These next six or seven weeks are not crucial for Cook. "He is breaking records and he has four or five years left as a batsman, if his mind wants to play that long. "I do get the sense that he will get to the stage, whether it's the end of India or the Ashes in a year's time, where he will say,
summary: Teenage opener Haseeb Hameed will make his England debut against India in the opening Test in Rajkot on Wednesday.