India vs england test: Team India is playing the first match of the five -match Test series at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, England. Earlier, former India player praised Sai Sudarshan. These young batsmen are a complete package and they have all the qualities that can make him the next Rahul Dravid.

India won the last Test series in England under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. India won the 3-match series played in 2007 by India 1-0. Dravida was counted among the great batsmen of the world, in front of him, the good bowlers used to lose sweat. He was not out quickly, that’s why he is called ‘The Wall’. Now Kaif said that Sai Sudarshan may be the next Dravidian of the team.

What did Mohammad Kaif say

Kaif said, “Sai Sudarshan seems to be a complete batsman, I have seen him. His defense is also strong, he takes very little risks. In formats like IPL, he scored more grounded shots in all matches. I think he can become like Rahul Dravid or Cheteshwar Pujara in future.”

Praising Karun Nair, Kaif said, “He plays big innings in Ranji, he has scored continuously. He has the power to bat all day, he can score runs by playing grounded shots. You should also have the ability to leave the balls.”

Karun Nair has returned to the national team after 8 years on the basis of domestic. He is also the Indian batsman playing the largest individual innings (303 not out) against England. He scored 374 runs in 7 innings for India with an average of 63.33. Nair has 3128 runs in 186 first class innings.

Cheteshwar and Pujara had dominated their dominance by playing at number three, Pujara no longer get a chance. Shubman Gill will place himself in place of Virat Kohli i.e. at number four, while Sai Sudarshan can be prepared at number three. Sai Sudarshan is getting all -round praise, he was the highest run -scorer in IPL 2025. He has also played a county championship in England.

Rishabh pant press conference: India vs England first Test will be played on Friday, 20 June at the headingley cricket ground in Leads. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India is starting the next cycle of WTC (WTC 2025-27). Earlier, Vice -captain Rishabh Pant, who came to the press conference, told that who would bat at number four in place of Virat Kohli, he told what his batting order will be.

Virat Kohli played a total of 210 innings in Test cricket, out of which he batted at number four in 160 innings. This was his position for more than a decade, but since his retirement, the big question was who would play in this order. Rishabh Pant revealed this in the press conference.

Shubman Gill will replace Virat!

Pant told that captain Shubman Gill will bat at number four. Let us tell you that Shubman Gill has played a total of 59 Test innings so far. He has opened 29 times and batted 30 times at number three. He scored 874 runs while opening, including 2 centuries and 4 half -centuries. While playing at number three, he scored 1019 runs with the help of 3 centuries and the same half -century. Now he is ready to bat at number four for the first time.

Who is at number 5

Rishabh Pant, while disclosing his batting order, said that he will play at number five. Talking about Pant, he played 26 times in the Test at number 5, in which he scored 1301 runs. While playing on this position, he has scored 9 half -centuries and 2 centuries.

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India’s potential playing against England 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, famous Krishna, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.

It is very likely that Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul will start the innings. Sai Sudarshan can be fed in the first Test in place of Abhimanyu Iswaran, if he plays, he can bat at number three. Karun Nair can come at number six. Nitish Kumar Reddy can be fed to Shardul Thakur.

Live broadcast and live streaming details of IND vs Eng 1st Test

India vs England will have a live broadcast of the first Test in India on Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on geographstar. In the first Test starting on June 20, the toss will be held at 3 pm Indian time. The match will start every day from 3:30 pm.

Ind vs eng 1st test: In the Leads, the vice -captain Rishabh Pant came to the press conference before the India vs England Test starting from June 20. Pant expressed grief over the plane crash in Ahmedabad and said that it will remain in his mind and he will try to make the countrymen happy with his performance. On June 12, the plane of Air India, going from Ahmedabad to London, crashed 2 minutes after flying, in which a total of 274 people, including 241 passengers, died.

What did Rishabh Pant say in the press conference?

Rishabh Pant, the vice -captain at the press conference on Wednesday, said, “Whatever happened in Ahmedabad, the whole of India is sad. But we can try our side to make India happy again.” He promised that our team will kill full life to win.

Pant said, “Whatever happened in the plane crash, people will be going through a lot of emotions. We are going to give our best performance to India how we can make them happy again and it is always additional responsibility.”

India vs England will be played at the first Test Leeds’s Handingley Cricket Ground. This first Test of the 5 -match series will start from June 20. Pant further said in his statement, “You want to please the countrymen all the time, but this is not possible at all times as a cricketer. Yes, I can promise on our behalf that we will not make any shortage in our performance, give 200 percent so that we can give happiness to the countrymen.”

India’s possible playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, famous Krishna, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.

Live broadcast and live streaming details of cricket match

India vs England will have a live broadcast of the first Test in India on Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on geographstar. In the first Test starting on June 20, the toss will be held at 3 pm Indian time. The match will start every day from 3:30 pm.

India vs england 1st test: The first Test of the India vs England 5 -match series will be played from June 20 at the Handingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. The BCCI has changed its squad for the first Test, the board also issued an official statement regarding this. Fast bowler Harshit Rana has been included in the squad for the first Test.

The BCCI said in its statement, “The men’s selection committee has included Harshit Rana in the Indian team for the first Test against England in Leeds. Rana, who was part of the India A team, has joined the team with starting preparations for the first Test.”

India’s updated squad for the first Test against England

Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Krishni Deep, Aarasha Deep, Akash Deep, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana.