India vs England Test Series 2025: Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian cricket team is currently practicing in England. The 5 -match Test series will be challenging for Team India, as there are many young players in the squad. This is India’s first series after retirement from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin’s Tests. Before the start of the series, Australian veteran Matthew Hayden has made a big claim and has told which Indian bowlers will prove to be ex factor in this tour.

This is happening after more than a decade when there is no one of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli or R Ashwin in the Indian Test team. Shubman Gill is the captain, Rishabh Pant is the vice -captain. There are many young players in the team and there are many senior players. Karun is eager to see Nair’s performance, who made it to the team after years on the basis of excellent performance in Domestic. He is also the batsman playing the biggest Test innings (303) against England for India.

This bowler will prove to be ex factor

Former Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden has claimed that Kuldeep Yadav will prove to be an X factor on the England tour. However, he also said that there will also be a difficult test for the Indian team in this series. We had earlier discussed that a bowler like Kuldeep Yadav can become an important bowler for India to take 20 wickets.

Talking about Kuldeep’s Test performance, he has played 13 matches, in which he has taken 56 wickets in 24 innings. He has previously played 6 Tests against England, in which he has taken 21 wickets in 11 innings.

Players involved in Team India Squad on England tour

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

India vs England Test Schedule

The five matches of the series will start at 3:30 pm Indian time.

• 20-24 June (Handingley Cricket Ground)
• 2-6 July (Edgbaston Stadium)
• 10-14 July (Lord’s Cricket Ground)
• 23-27 July (Old Trafford Cricket Ground)
• 31 July-4 August (The Oval).

IND vs Eng Test Series 2025: In England, the Indian cricket team will play a 5 -match Test series, for which the BCCI announced the team on Saturday. Karun Nair has returned to the team after 8 years after a brilliant performance in Domestic. He played his last Test in March 2017. Nair’s first reaction has come on return to the team.

Karun Nair, who made international debut in 2016, played the last match against Australia in 2017. In his career, he played 6 Tests and 2 ODIs, but remained out of Team India for a long time. After good performance in domestic cricket, there was a demand on social media that they should be given a chance. On the basis of domestic cricket, he was also selected by Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025. Delhi, which was out of the tournament, won its last match of the league stage by 6 wickets against Punjab Kings on Saturday, 24 May. Karun scored 44 runs in 27 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 5 fours.

After the match, Karun Nair said, “It looks great, we are really entitled to this victory. We have not been able to perform our best. But today’s match runs that we are a good team, but we have also played some bad matches. I am hitting the ball very well, a lot of runs were made in the tournament. Asked to apply. “

What did Karun Nair say on returning to Team India

On the selection in the Test team, he said, “I am grateful to come back, happy and proud and lucky. As you all came to know, I came to know as well. I was eagerly waiting for the call, I got a lot of messages from close people.”

Talking about Nair’s international career, he has scored 374 runs in 7 innings of 6 matches. Nair’s highest score in Test is 303, which he made against England. He has 46 runs in 2 ODIs. Talking about IPL 2025, he has scored 198 runs in 8 matches.

Players involved in Team India Squad for England tour

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

India’s Next Test Captain 2025: Jasprit Bumrah was the first choice to become the next Test captain of the Indian cricket team after Rohit Sharma’s retirement. India won the only Test of the previous border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia under the captaincy of Bumrah. But now it has been revealed why the fast bowlers lagged behind in this race and why Shubman Gill was chosen as the new Test captain. Recently, there was a long meeting between head coach Gautam Gambhir and Gill, which is decided to take command on England tour (India Tour of England 2025).

Rohit Sharma did not play in the first match of the previous border Gavaskar Trophy as he was to become a father. India won this Test under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah, after which Rohit took command but lost the series. In the final Test, Rohit kept himself out of the playing 11, even then the captain Bumrah was made and those who were expected to draw that loser match but it could not happen. In this Test, Bumrah got out of the match and Australia won by 6 wickets.

Why did Jaspreet Bumrah go backward?

Many giants of India have said that Shubman Gill is a good player emerging, but Jasprit Bumrah will be suitable as a new Test captain. He was also at the forefront of the race to become a new captain but lagged behind. He was injured in the final match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Bumrah, who went out of the field due to injury to the pitch, could not return for a long time. He stayed out of the Champions Trophy, after which he did not even play in the opening matches of IPL.

This is not the first time that Bumrah stayed away from cricket for a long time due to injury. Even before the T20 World Cup in 2022, he stayed away from the ground for 11 months due to injury. The selectors wondered whether Bumrah should be given additional responsibility for captaincy in the Test team due to the concerns of the charge? Only after this the selectors considered the next option and Shubman Gill’s name came out. He is continuously playing in this format.

Cricket boss did not agree?

Shubman Gill was not unanimously chosen for the Test captaincy. On Thursday, a PTI report indicated that the ‘influential people running Indian cricket’ got angry with Gill’s sudden emergence, but BCCI chose him as a new captain and informed him about it. The report also said that Bumrah’s name may still emerge in the discussion, recently the “extended meeting” between Gill and Head Coach Gautam Gambhir in Delhi has almost confirmed his becoming a new captain. Gill is the captain of Gujarat Titans in the IPL, he has captained in the limited overs for India.

The report said, “Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir’s presence in Mumbai to worship at the Siddhivinayak temple intensified that Shubman Gill is still not ready for the role of leadership. A few days ago, there was a long meeting of the new captain Gill with the coach in Delhi, so there is little possibility of the selectors or Gambhir to retreat from his original stance. But it would be completely silly to assume that Gill was not taken into confidence before Gill was selected as the next Test captain. “

When will the Indian team announce for England tour?

The IPL 2025 is still going on, due to its postponement, there was full emphasis on restoring it, which is now starting from 17 May. The BCCI will announce Team India’s squad for the tour of England before the IPL final.