Shubman Gill has passed his first test as a captain. Big giants were engaged in predicting that the Indian team would have to face a big defeat in England. Gill not only scored 754 runs in the series, but also took many good decisions as a captain. Finally, Team India was successful in getting the series a 2–2 draw. Despite the best performance of Shubman Gill, Mohammad Siraj and KL Rahul, 3 shortcomings of Team India have been exposed in the England series.

Number-3 batting

It has been more than 2 years since Cheteshwar Pujara dropped from Team India, but the number-3 problem is not taking the name of ending. After Pujara, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill was tested on this sequence. At the same time, Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan batting on this sequence on England tour, but both flopped. Sai Sudarshan scored just 140 runs in 6 innings while batting at number-3 in the series against England. On the other hand, Nair got four opportunities on this order, in which he could score just 111 runs.

Fitness became a complex problem

Jaspreet Bumrah comes to the first name in the mind when the case of fitness arises. Due to workload, he played only 3 Tests in England. Bumrah’s fitness pole was revealed when his bowling speed started falling when he played in 2 consecutive Test matches in Lord’s and Old Trafford. As a result, he could not play the fifth Test. Nitish Kumar Reddy can fulfill the shortage of good fast bowling all -rounder in the Test team, for this he has also got frequent opportunities, but he was out of the team due to a knee injury.

At the same time, Akashdeep has been effective in the early matches of his Test career, but he too had a problem of lower abdomen pain during the Test series. In such a situation, it was difficult for Team India to prepare the playing XI combination for the fourth Test. This is a very worrying topic and the question arises whether Indian players need to pay more attention to fitness.

Kuldeep Yadav does not trust

Kuldeep Yadav was the only chief spinner in the Indian squad who went on England tour. Kuldeep was repeatedly excluded from the playing XI citing depth in batting. Rist spinner Kuldeep could have left a very good impact on England’s pitches. It has been 8 years since he makes his test debut, after which only 13 Tests play very questions. Repeatedly, the Indian team management was advised to give Kuldeep a chance to the wrist spin bowling, but has the management’s trust in Kuldeep completely raised?

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India’s exciting 6 runs in the Oval Test on England will be counted in the most memorable moments of Test cricket forever. On the fifth day, India had all out for 367 runs thanks to Mohammad Siraj’s deadly spell. Siraj took a total of 9 wickets in the match for which he was awarded the Player of the Match Award. After the match, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rewarded the award winners, but due to alcohol, Siraj refused to take that gift.

After the Oval Test, Mohammad Siraj was adjudged the Player of the Match. Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum had chosen Harry Brook and Shubman Gill as Player of the Series respectively. These award winners were given by ECB as a bottle gift of Shempane after the match, but Mohammad Siraj refused to take it. On the other hand, Shubman Gill accepted the bottle of Shempane, but he did not open the bottle in honor of Siraj.

Mohammad Siraj did not accept the bottle of Shempane because consuming alcohol in Islam is considered haraam. Remind you that Siraj also went on Haj pilgrimage before the start of IPL 2025 this year.

The most overs thrown in the series and then …

Mohammad Siraj, India vs England Test series was the highest overs and the highest wicket -taking bowler. He bowled 185.3 overs in all five matches of the series, while he took 23 wickets. After so many overs, practice in nets and fielding of several days, not only Siraj, the body of any player will feel tired. Despite this, he bowled Etkinson by throwing a ball at a speed of 143 km per hour on the fifth day in the Oval Test.

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Neither Virat Kohli, nor Rohit Sharma nor Ravichandran Ashwin’s experience. Despite this, Shubman Gill has returned to India after drawing a series from England as captain. On the last day of the Oval Test, the magnificent spell of Mohammed Siraj (Mohammed Siraj), who lost Team India. Now after that historic victory of India, Pakistanis have got chilly. A former Pakistan cricketer has accused the Indian team of ball tampering.

Pakistani cricketer gets chili

Former Pakistan cricketer Shabbir Ahmed posted on X and wrote, “I think the Indian team used Vaseline. Even after 80 overs, the ball was shining like new. The umpires should send that ball to the lab for examination.”

For this controversial statement, social media users have trolled Shabbir Ahmed badly. A person shared the picture in which Shahid Afridi is seen chewing the ball with teeth. At the same time, one person said that Shabbir Ahmed should go and ask Waqar Yunus and Wasim Akram whether he also used to cheat and make the old ball swing.

I Think
India used vaseline
After 80 + Over
Ball still shine like new
Umpire should send this ball to lab for examine

– Shabbir ahmed Khan August 4, 2025

25 balls, 9 runs and 3 wickets

On the fifth day of the Oval Test, Mohammad Siraj’s amazing performance was praised worldwide. England had to score 35 runs to win the last day. Famous Krishna was bowling from one end, Mohammad Siraj bowled on the fifth day at the other end. Siraj bowled 25 balls on the fifth day and kept the entire match in him. In these 25 balls, he conceded just 9 runs and took 4 valuable wickets.

Okay pic.twitter.com/S6ASSWQ08F

– Ashwini Roopesh (@ashwiniroopesh) August 6, 2025

Really! Will you please ask waqar & wasim beether they used vaseline or not, to extract such extravagant swing from old balls.
That’s why today pak has no trophy no achievement …

– Sinchan mazumder (@sinchanmazumder) August 5, 2025

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India vs England Test series remained exciting from the first match. The series concluded with the Oval Test, in which Team India registered a very close win by 6 runs. After that the topic of the Player of the Series has discussed. Actually, India vs England Test series got 2 players of the series as Shubman Gill and Harry Brook. Gill scored 754 runs in the series, while Brook scored 481 runs. After all, how was the Player of the Series selected in England? Here you will get the answer to this interesting question.

Who chooses the winner of the Player of the Series Award?

Many players in the India vs England series deserved the Player of the Series. In fact, the head coaches of both teams were given the opportunity to choose the Player of the Series in the recently concluded series. The choice was placed in front of Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum to select the Player of the Series according to their respective. England coach Brendon McCullum chose Shubman Gill, who scored 754 runs in the series, chose the Player of the Series. On the other hand, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir took the name of Harry Brook, who scored just 481 runs in 9 innings of the series.

McCullum did not want to choose Gill as Player of the Series

Shubman Gill scored 754 runs in the series, the average was more than 75 and he also scored 4 centuries in the series. Gill was really one of the players entitled to the Player of the Series. But former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik later revealed that McCullum had decided by the end of the fourth day game that Shubman Gill is the player of the series for him. But on the fifth day, when Mohammad Siraj won India by 6 runs, McCullum changed his mind. However, in the end he named Gill in front.

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It is difficult to believe that India vs England series was drawn from 2-2. This is because at one time in the Oval Test, England was moving towards an easy win, but the Indian bowlers overturned such a game that Team India won the match by 6 runs. In fact, before the start of the series, many veterans were making big boasies that the England team will be victorious in the series. Amidst all this, Dinesh Karthik was alone, who predicted the series to remain equal to 2-2.

Team India went on a tour of England without senior and veterans like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin. From Michael Vaughan to Nasir Hussain, Alastair Cook and even India’s Akash Chopra claimed England’s victory. Von, Hussain and Alastair Cook claimed England’s 3–1 victory. Jose Butler 4–1, while Akash Chopra and Dale Stan told the result of the series 3–2 in favor of England.

Is Dinesh Karthik sitting with a degree in astrology?

Dinesh Karthik was alone, who predicted a 2–2 draw of the Test series. His pride has been absolutely accurate. On one hand, India won the second and fifth Test of the series, while the British got success in the first and third Tests, while the fourth Test played in Manchester was a draw.

Let me tell you that England has not been able to beat India in any Test series after 2018. After 2018, India and England have played Test series twice to each other’s countries, out of which 2 series were drawn, while Team India won 2 times.

Talking about Dinesh Karthik, he said goodbye to the cricket career in June 2024. He scored 3,463 runs in his 180 matches international cricket career, including a century and 17 half-century.

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India vs England Test series remained equal for two each. At one time in the first Test, Team India was on the path of victory, if bad fielding had not happened, the result of the series could have come in India’s favor too. The result was dependent on the Oval Test, in which Team India had won an exciting win by 6 runs. In this series, top batsmen like Shubman Gill to Jo Root scored a lot of runs. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj proved to be the best bowler of the series, who took a total of 23 wickets. Here we are putting the strongest playing eleven of the India-England series in front of you, in which players from both countries have been kept.

India-England Series Best Playing XI

Opening pair (KL Rahul and Ben Docket): The selection of the opening pair is not very difficult because both Ben Docket and KL Rahul got their team a good start to their team many times. Rahul scored 532 runs in the series and Docket scored 462 runs. Both scored 3 centuries and 5 fifty in the entire series.

Number-3 (Joe Root): The third sequence in batting remained trouble for both India and England. For India, Sai Sudarshan and Karun Nair were flopped, while England’s Oli Pope was able to score only 306 runs on this order. Joe Root is the experience of batting on number-3. Therefore, the root in the best playing eleven can be placed on this sequence. He scored 537 runs in the entire series.

Middle Order (Shubman Gill, Harry Brook, Rishabh Pant): Number-4 easily goes to the Indian captain Shubman Gill, he scored 754 runs including 4 centuries in the series. In the fifth place Harry Brook, who scored 481 runs in the series, while it is not wrong to see Rishabh Pant’s sixth order and as a wicketkeeper. Before the injury, Pant scored 479 runs in 7 innings. However, Pant was seen batting at number-5 in the entire series.

All -rounder (Ben Stokes and Washington Sundar/Ravindra Jadeja): Talking about all-rounders, Ben Stokes remained effective in fast bowling as well as batting. Stokes scored 304 runs in the series and took 17 wickets. Stokes will be the captain of this best playing XI. Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja collided for the second all -rounder. But beautiful was also very effective in bowling. He took 7 wickets along with scoring 284 runs.

Pace Attack (Mohammad Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah, Jofra Archer): Mohammad Siraj was the highest wicket -taking bowler in the series, who dismissed 23 batsmen. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah took 14 wickets in just 3 matches. For England, Jofra Archer is part of this Best playing XI, who took 9 wickets in 2 matches.

India-England Series Best Playing XI: KL Rahul, Ben Docket, Joe Root, Shubman Gill, Harry Brook, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ben Stokes (Captain), Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj, Jofra Archer, Jaspreet Bumrah

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