The test team in India for England 2025 round announced; New captain, vice-captain chosen
THE Test team in India for England Tour 2025 has been announced. It should be noted that Shubman Gill was announced as captain of the test team. Rishabh Pant was appointed vice-captain on the test side.
India team will be on tour England For a series of 5 -game tests, which will start on June 20, 2025. This will be the first series for visitors after notable testing of India veterans, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Huge pressure on Gautam Gambir
It will also be the first series of tests for the Gautam Gambir-Hidden in the new WTC cycle. Until the last cycle of the world testing championship, Rohit Sharma has been the team captain in the past two years.
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The selection committee had several puzzles to solve when they sat down to choose the Indian team for the tour in England. The most important puzzle was to resolve the test of test captain. It is now clear that Shubman Gill is the new captain who will lead the team.
Several puzzles to be resolved for the India selection committee
Apart from that, the opening pair was also a problem for selectors to be solved, given the departure of Rohit Sharma. The place of Yashasvi Jaiswal is solid as a worker. However, the place of the other opening was to be won.
Another puzzle consisted in solving that will replace the Kohli Virat legend in its number 4 shot position in tests. The veteran had played more than 100 tests for the national team and had scored more than 9,000 points in the format.
Captain Shubman Gill is himself in the calculation outside Kl Rahul and Karun Nair to take Kohli’s striker. It will be a difficult challenge for the successor, because Kohli had incredible figures in England when he traveled during the 2018 season.
It will also be interesting to see how the workload of Jasprit Bumrah will be managed in the 5 tests in England. In particular, Bumrah had a long layoff of injuries after working hard in Australia in the 5 tests.
His physical form was one of the main reasons why he was not appointed test captain. Mohammed Shami is another Indian veteran who was not in the plan of things for the national team after the injury he suffered during the ICC 2023 World Cup.
A team to have the feeling of a tour in England before the main team
Before the main test series, India has a team will play a few training games, and A Squad for the Tour has already been announced.
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, apart from players playing in the IPL playoffs, will join the team A once the first training match is over.
Abhimanyu Easwaran was appointed captain of the Squad, and he is one of the contenders to occupy the place of the 2nd opening in the main team when the tour begins.
India a team: Abhimanyu Aswaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (VC), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (WK), Manav Sutar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Ashhul Kambo, Khaleel Akas Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey
The incredible IPL season of Sai Sudharsan also earned him a first try. Arshdeep Singh was chosen as a designer of the left arm. As for spin options, Ravichandran Ashwin also announced his retirement during the Indian tour in Australia 2024-25.
This will allow Jadeja to Ravija the only veteran spinner of the team to have the experience of playing in England. For fast bowling, Nitish Kumar Reddy was part of the team in Australia. Shardul Thakur was also added to team A.
The 1st test of the series will be played in Leeds. The two teams will then move to Birmingham for the 2nd test from July 02. The cricket house, Lord’s, will welcome India and England in the 3rd test of the series from July 10.
Old Trafford will attend the two teams fighting in the 4th test of July 23. The tour will end with the 5th and last test with the Kennington oval in London on July 31.
Test team in India for England Tour 2025- Cuffs Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (WK and VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwan, Karun Nair, Niri, Nitish Reddy, Ravindrau Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sanda, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammemed, Prasidnin Akash Deep and Kuldeep Yadav.
