Sai Sudharsan Fails to perform on his debut match: The first match of the five -match Test series is being played between India and England today, from June 20. This competition is being held at Leeds’s Headingley Cricket Stadium. In this match, left -handed batsman Sai Sudarshan got a chance to debut in Test cricket. But he could not take advantage of this opportunity. Sudarshan was dismissed on zero in his first innings. England captain Ben Stokes took his wicket with a special plan.

Out on Sudarshan Zero, thus Stokes implicated in his trap

Sudarshan came to bat at number three for the Indian team. Sudarshan was coming with brilliant performance in the IPL. Indian fans had high hopes from them, but they returned to the pavilion without opening an account. Stokes made a special plan to dismiss Sudarshan. Stokes put leg slip against Sudarshan. He wanted to trap Sudarshan on the leg side. Stokes also put a leg street after leg slip. After this, he bowled Sudarshan on the leg side. Sudarshan went to put flicks on the leg side. His bat fell and behind the wicket, Jamie Smith caught his catch.

Sai Sudarshan Dismissed for a 4 Ball Duck in His Debut Test Match #INDVSENG pic.twitter.com/frvugag5xv

– (@hereforvk18) June 20, 2025

On June 20 itself, many legendary players have made their debut for India

Sudarshan made his debut in Test cricket on 20 June. June 20 is a historic date for India. On this date, many legendary players of the Indian team have made their Test debut. Those who made Test debut on June 20 include players like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli. All these players have performed brilliantly for India on many occasions. All these players are counted among the legendary players of India today.

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Karun Nair Returns in Team India After 3006 Days: Karun Nair sought another opportunity from cricket about three years ago. Now cricket has given that opportunity to Karun. Karun is returning to Test cricket for 3006 days, about 8 years. Karun last played a Test match in the year 2017. Karun has now got a chance to play in the Test series against England. He has been selected in the Indian team’s playing 11 in the first Test match. The first match of the five-Test series between India and England is being played at the headingley ground in Leeds from Friday.

Karun asked for another chance from cricket

Karun last played the Test match against Australia in the year 2017. After this, he went with Team India on the tour of England in 2018. But he did not get a chance to play a single match. After this he got out of the team. Karun was working hard to return to the Test team since then. A time came that he became very sad. In the year 2022, he posted a post. Where he wrote, “Dear cricket, give me another chance.”
Karun was depressed when he did not find a place in the team, but he never gave up. He continued to do well in domestic cricket. Many times it happened that even after doing well, he did not get a place in the team. But still he kept quietly improving his performance. Karun hit 863 runs in 9 matches in the Ranji Trophy in the year 2024-25. At the same time, Karun scored 779 runs in just 8 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. During this, he scored four consecutive centuries. After this brilliant performance of Karun, the selectors could not ignore him. He had to give Karun a chance. He will now be seen playing against England.

Karun has scored a triple century in Test

Karun is only the second Indian player to score a triple century in the history of Test cricket. Karun scored an unbeaten 303 against England in 2016. Before Karun, Virender Sehwag has scored a triple century for India.

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Jofra Archer desperately wants to return in test cricket: England captain Ben Stokes has said that fast bowler Joffra Archer is desperate to make a comeback in Test cricket. Archer is also messaging Captain Stokes from time to time regarding withdrawal. Archer last played Test cricket in February 2021. After this, due to injury, he is constantly running out of the team. Archer recently messaged Stokes, ‘Jim’. This message of Archer meant last month from England’s only Test match against Zimbabwe. He wanted to return to the Test team against Zimbabwe.

What happened in Stokes-Murcher?

During the press conference before the match against India, Stokes talked about Archer. He told what has happened between the two. Stokes said, “He is desperate to return to Test cricket, he suddenly messaged me- ‘Jim?’ Meaning, I am playing against Zimbabwe? I had to stop it right now.

Archer has been out of the Test team due to injury for the last four years. His albow had a problem for a long time. After this, he suffered an injury to his thumb in the IPL. Because of which he was out of the first Test against India. However, it is expected that he may be seen playing for Sussex in the county championship this week. In the hope that he should be ready to play in the second Test against India.

Archer’s Test Career

Archer made his Test debut in 2019. After this, he was able to play only 13 Test matches. Most of the team remained outside the team due to injury. Archer has taken 42 wickets in these 13 Tests. Archer’s average has been around 32 during this period. Archer last played against Team India in the year 2021. During that time, Archer took four wickets in 3 innings against India.

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Most Test Missed Between two appearances for india: The first match of the five -match Test series is being played between India and England from Friday. Karun Nair has returned after about 8 years in the Indian team. Nair last played a Test match for India in the year 2017. After this, he has now returned against England. Nair has missed 77 Test matches in these 8 years. See here the list of five Indian players, whose two Test matches have been gaping the most.

5 Indian players with the highest gap in two Tests

1- Jaydev Unadkat- The longest gap in playing two Test matches for India has been that of fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat. Unadkat missed 118 Test matches for India. After 2010, Virdakat got a chance to play Test in 2022 after 12 years.

2- Dinesh Karthik- Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik missed 87 Test matches for India. Karthik played a Test match in 2018 after an 8 -year long gap after 2010.

3- Parthiv Patel- Wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel was ruled out of Team India in 2008. After this, he had to wait for 8 years to play for India. Parthiv then played a Test match for India in 2016. During this, he missed 83 Test matches.

4- Karun Nair- Indian batsman Karun Nair will now be seen playing after 2017. In these seven years, he missed 77 Test matches for India. During this, he performed brilliantly in domestic cricket. After which now his team is returning.

5- Abhinav Mukund- Indian batsman Abhinav Mukund dropped out of Team India’s playing 11 in 2011. After this it took him 6 years to make a place in the team. Mukund again got a chance in the year 2017. During this time Mukund missed 56 Tests for India.

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IND VS ENG: India-England playing 11 for the first Test, see which team is stronger

India-England Playing 11 Comparison: The first match of the five -match Test series between India and England is being played today. This competition is being held at Leeds’s Headingley Cricket Stadium. England won the toss and chose the first bowling. Both India and England teams have more than one good player. In this match, there can be a tough competition between the two teams. Know here which team playing from India and England is 11 more strong.

Batting: Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul will open for the Indian team. At the same time, Ben Docket and Jack Croi will be seen opening for England team. Jaiswal will be seen playing in England for the first time. There will be a lot of pressure on them. At the same time, Rahul has experience of playing in England, he can take advantage of it. England openers Docket and Croly will play on their home ground. They will know more about the condition here. Therefore, England’s team looks stronger in the opening.

For India, after this, Sai Sudarshan will be seen playing at number three, captain Shubman Gill on four and Rishabh Pant at number five. At the same time, Oli Pope on three for England, Joe Root on Four, and Harry Brook at number five will bat. Here too, Team India seems to be a bit weak in batting.

After this, Karun Nair will be seen for India at number 6, all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja at number seven and Shardul Thakur on number 8. For England, there will be captain Ben Stokes at 6, seven wicketkeeper Jamie Smith on seven and Chris Woakes on 8. Team India looks strong at number 6 to 8. Here he has experienced Jadeja. Nair has recently scored a double century in England. At the same time, Shardul has done well in England.

Bowling: In bowling, the Indian team has Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna fast bowler. At the same time, England have Briden Cars, Chris Woakes and Josh Tongs in fast bowling. The bowling of the Indian team, led by Bumrah, looks much stronger than England. England have Shoaib Bashir in the spinner. At the same time, Team India has experienced Jadeja.

England and India’s playing 11

England- Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Braden Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir.

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

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India vs england first test pitch: The first match of the five -match Test series between India and England will be played on Friday. The competition will be held at the Headingley Cricket Stadium in Leeds. During this time, the photo of the pitch of Headingley on social media is going viral on social media. Just as grass is visible all around on the headingley ground, almost the same way grass is visible on the pitch. After seeing this, the fans of the Indian team have given such a reaction. Which can increase the tension of the Indian team.

Reaction of Indian fans on the pitch of headingley

The green pitch for the first Test between India and England will increase the tension of Indian batsmen later. Before that, the tension of Indian fans has increased. After this, the fan has given his reaction on social media.

After seeing the pitch, a fan on social media wrote, “Please mark, I don’t see any pitch here.” A fan wrote, “Where are the pitch.”

A fan wrote, “Is this a cricket pitch or a green park?” A fan wrote, “On this pitch, our batsmen will be seen dancing like Jitendra and Mithun.” A fan wrote, “Just pray that India can score more than 100 runs in an innings.”

Just Pray that India Atleast Score More Thans 100 in Anning.

– nicks (@nicksmodi91) June 19, 2025

Please mark, I don’t see any pitch here

– Gopinath (@gopi_codes) June 18, 2025

Where is the pitch?

– Sourabh sanyal (@sourabhsanyal) June 19, 2025

This pitch will make our batsman dance like mithun and jitender

– superhuman (@mkeetarp) June 19, 2025

Indian team has won only two Test matches in Headingley

Seven Test matches have been played between India and England at this ground. During this time, the Indian team has won only two matches. At the same time, England have won four matches. While there has been a match draw. The first match between India and England at this ground was played in 1952, which was won by England. The Indian team won the first win on this ground in the year 1986. The Indian team defeated England by 279 runs. After this, the Indian team won for the second time in the year 2002. Where the Indian team defeated England by an innings and 46 runs.

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