The England has reached 2–1 in the England series by winning 22 runs in Lord’s Test. In the second Test of the series, Team India was victorious by 336 runs, but the truth is that India had a good opportunity to win in both the other matches, but some mistakes became the cause of its defeat. In this series, some batsmen of the Indian team have gone, but there has been a lack of continuity in the performance of the rest. In such a situation, Virat Kohli was known for playing big innings.

Virat Kohli surprised everyone by announcing Test retirement a few weeks before this series. But do you know that Virat himself was preparing for this series and had planned to fly the bowlers of England. Then what happened that Virat had announced retirement before the series.

A few weeks ago, Dilla Ranji cricket team coach Sarandeep Singh had revealed a big disclosure that Virat wanted to perform strongly in England after the failure of the Australian tour. Singh said that before the series against England, Virat was busy practicing fiercely with red-ball and he was planning to play for India-A before the start of India-England series. Sarandeep Singh said that Virat wanted to score 3-4 centuries on England tour.

Virat Kohli’s Test retirement has been very shocking, but it is believed that subjects like fall and family time can be the cause of retirement from his test. Let us know that he has retired before T20 and he will now be seen playing only in ODI matches.

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India vs england test series schedule: The Indian cricket team is on a tour of England. In England, Team India has to play a five -match Test series. India’s tour of England will start with the first Test match on 20 June. The first Test match between India and England will be played in the headingley. Learn the full schedule of India’s England tour here.

BCCI has announced Team India for the five -match Test series against England. Young batsman Shubman Gill has got the captaincy. England tour is no less than a fire test for coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill. After the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Team India will play Test matches for the first time.

The first Test match between India and England will be played between 20 and 24 June in Headingley, the second Test match between July 2 and July 6 in Birmingham, the third Test match will be played in Lord’s between July 10 and July 14, the fourth Test match will be played in Manchester between July 23 to July 27 and the fifth and final Test match between 31 July to 4 August will be played in Kennington Oval.

The BCCI has announced an 18 -member team for the tour of England. 6 bowlers have been selected as Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh and Shardul Thakur. Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav have three spinners. Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurael are two wicketkeepers. A total of 7 batsmen have been elected at the same time.

18-member Team India- Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurae, Washington Sundar, Sharadul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Jasprit Bumraha, Akashdar, And Kuldeep Yadav.

Full schedule of India’s England tour

20 July to 24 July in first Test headingley
2 July to 6 July second Test in Birmingham
10 July to 14 July third Test at Lord’s
23 July to 27 July in fourth Test Mantster
31 July to 4 August Fifth Test at Kennington Oval

Who will replace Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in England Test Series: Former India captain Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. Now it is reported that Virat Kohli has also spoken about retirement from Test to BCCI. However, the BCCI has asked Virat to reconsider his retirement again. Learn here who can replace Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in India’s Test team.

Please tell that India has to go on a tour of England next month. In England, Team India has to play a five -match Test series. The first Test match will be played between India and England from 20 June. Rohit has already retired. Now if Virat also announces retirement from the test, then know who will replace these two veterans.

Sai Sudarshan in place of Rohit Sharma

In the five -match Test series against England, young Sai Sudarshan can replace former captain Rohit Sharma. Sai Sudarshan is in great form. In 11 matches of IPL 2025, 509 runs have been scored with Sudarshan’s bat. He is just two runs behind the Orange Cap. Orange Cap is named after Suryakumar Yadav. Surya has scored 510 runs. Sai Sudarshan has played 3 ODIs and a T20 International match for India. Sudarshan hit two half -centuries in three ODIs.

This legend can replace Virat

Shreyas Iyer, who played an important role in winning India as India, can play Virat Kohli at number four in the Test series against England. Iyer is also in great form. In IPL 2025, Iyer’s bat has scored 405 runs so far. Iyer has played 70 ODIs, 51 T20 International and 14 Test matches for India. He performs brilliantly in ODI at number four. Now in the test too, he can be tried on this position.

Virat Kohli News: Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has made up his mind to retire from Test cricket. Virat informed BCCI about retiring from the Test before the five -match Test series against England. However, the board asked him to consider his decision again. Now the news has come that BCCI was surprised by Virat’s decision, because he was planning to make him captain in the Test series against England.

Virat Kohli, who was the captain of the country in all the formats for a long time, was to be given the command of the Test team once again. In its report, news agency PTI quoted the BCCI source as saying, “It is true that the selectors thought of making Virat Kohli the Indian captain for the England series.”

Please tell that Rohit Sharma has retired from Test cricket. The BCCI has not announced the new Test captain yet. In ODIs, Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India. At the same time, Team India is in the hands of Suryakumar Yadav in T20 International.

It has been told in the report that the board is disappointed that Virat Kohli has not only refused to become the Test captain of India once again, but has also decided to retire from Test cricket. Due to this, the plan of BCCI has been destroyed.

Shubman Gill can get captaincy

According to media reports, young batsman Shubman Gill can be given the command of the Test team. Gill is the captain of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025, and the team has also performed brilliantly in his leadership. However, going with a new captain on a difficult tour like England cannot prove to be the right decision. For this reason, the selectors wanted to make King Kohli the captain.