Shubman Gill Test Captain 2025: After about a month, the Indian cricket team has to visit England. 5 Test matches are to be played between the two teams and let us tell that it would also start the 2025-27 (WTC 2025-27) cycle of the World Test Championship. After the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, many questions have arisen as to which players will go on England tour. According to media reports, Team India can be announced on May 23, but before that a big update has come out about India’s new Test captain (India New Test Captain).

According to the news agency PTI, Shubman Gill can become the new captain of the Indian Test team. Recently, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Jaspreet Bumrah have also been named in the captaincy race. According to PTI, Shubman Gill recently met the head coach of the Indian team Gautam Gambhir in Delhi. It is being told that his meeting lasted for 4-5 hours and Gautam Gambhir has almost decided that he wants to seal Gill’s name for captaincy.

Jasprit Bumrah’s leaf cut!

Recently, speculation about Jasprit Bumrah being made a Test captain had gained momentum, which is also the vice -captain of the Test team. It has also been revealed in the report that some high officials in the board are not very happy with Gill being made captain, yet there are reports that it has been decided to make Gill as captain.

Talking about Bumrah, he has been suffering from constant injuries. Due to workload management, it will be difficult for Bumrah to play all 5 Test matches against England. The possibility of not playing regularly in the playing XI can also be a big reason for Bumrah not to become the captain. Please tell that Shubman Gill was already seen as the future of Indian cricket, he is also the vice -captain of the ODI team.

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India Squad Announcement for England Tour: The Indian cricket team is going to visit England soon, where five Test matches will be played between the two teams. Before that, India’s ‘A’ team is going to go on England tour, for which the squad has been announced. This team includes famous players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurael and Shardul Thakur to Harshit Rana. Shubman Gill will also play for this team, but he has not got the captaincy.

Gill-Bumrah did not get captaincy

Team India-A has to play 2 first-class matches against England Lions, which are going to start from May 30. After Rohit Sharma’s Test retirement, the topic of the new captain of India’s Test team has been in the discussion. Shubman Gill and Jaspreet Bumrah are being taken at the forefront of captaincy, but India-A captaincy is not Gill or Bumrah but 29-year-old Abhimanu Ishwaran.

Abhimanyu Ishwaran, who was part of the Indian squad at the time of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, was not able to get a chance to debut. Ishwaran has so far scored 7,674 runs in his 101 matches first-class career, including 27 centuries and 29 fifty.

Abhimanu Ishwaran has been associated with Team India earlier also

Abhimanyu Ishwaran has been consistently performing strongly in domestic cricket. He has been associated with Team India earlier also. Ishwaran was included in 5 stand-by players for the domestic series against England in 2019. Apart from this, he was also given a place among stand-by players for the 2021 World Test Championship Final and Foreign Tour against England. He had also got a place in the Indian squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but has not been able to make his Test debut till now.

Team India-A for England tour: Abhimanyu Ishwaran (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurael (vice -captain), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishaan Kishan, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraj Khan, Harsha Dubey,

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Shubman gill new india test captain: Rohit Sharma has announced retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday. After this, the question on everyone’s tongue is that who will be the new captain of the Indian Test team? India’s next exam in Test cricket is England tour, which is going to start from June 20. A media report has revealed that the selection committee is considering making 25 -year -old Shubman Gill a new captain.

Sources quoting Hindustan Times have said that Shubman Gill may be the next captain of the Test team. However, this will be confirmed only after Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar met with high BCCI officials. The Indian team’s World Championship 2025-27 is starting from the Test series against England. In such a situation, it is not a shocking thing to make a young player a new captain.

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Rohit sharma replacement India test captivin: Rohit Sharma has created a sensation by retirement of Rohit Sharma Test from Test cricket. Rohit has already retired from T20 cricket. Rohit has shocked everyone by making this announcement just before the Test series against England next month. Now the question is, after Rohit Sharma, which are those players who can become the new captain of the Indian Test team.

1. Jaspreet Bumrah

After Rohit Sharma’s retirement, Jaspreet Bumrah seems to be the biggest contender to become the captain of the Test team. Bumrah is also the vice -captain of the Test team and so far he has captained Team India in just 3 Tests. The contenders for Bumrah captaincy are also because he impressed everyone with his leadership in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He captained India in the first Test against Australia in BGT 2024-25, India won that match by a big margin of 295 runs.

2. Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill, also known as ‘Prince’ of Team India. Without any doubt, Gill is the future of Indian cricket and has achieved the post of vice -captain in India’s ODI team in a very short time. Gill has captained Team India in T20 format and Gujarat Titans in IPL. According to reports, selectors need a new and young captain for the next World Championship cycle. It is possible that in the next few times, an attempt can be made to prepare Gill as a new captain.

3. Rishabh Pant/Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer has returned to the BCCI Central Contract List for the 2025-26 season. Iyer Champions Trophy was the highest run -scorer for Team India in 2025, 243 runs with his bat. Iyer has also gained a lot of captaincy experience in IPL. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant is also involved in the captaincy race somewhere. His aggressive and pungent style can help him become a successful captain of India’s Test team.

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