IND vs Eng Test Series: In Shubman Gill, Team India will play a 5 -match Test series against England, for which the players are practicing in Bekenham. This is Team India’s first Test series after the retirement of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin. This will be difficult, Gautam Gambhir also knows this thing. He also mentioned this by motivating the young players of the team. He told everyone that this is an opportunity for him.

Gautam Gambhir first praised Sai Sudarshan, he said, “It is really special to be selected in the Test team for the first time. I want to welcome Sai Sudarshan, whose last 3 months have been fantastic with the bat.” Gambhir welcomed Arshdeep Singh and said, “Your white ball cricket has been fantastic, I am confident that you will do wonders in red ball cricket too.

Comeback is never easy

Gautam Gambhir also praised Karun Nair for returning to the Test team after 7 years. He said, “Look, the comeback is never easy. The one who is making a comeback after 7 years was amazing.

Gambhir congratulated Shubman Gill on becoming a Test captain and said that it cannot be a matter of great pride that you are the captain of the country’s Test team. He welcomed Rishabh Pant to enter the leadership group, who is the vice -captain in this tour.

We are playing without 3 most experienced players

Gautam Gambhir also mentioned Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin in this conversation, who have retired from the Test. He said, “We are playing without 3 most experienced players. This is also an opportunity for us that we can do something special for our country.”

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Gambhir said, “When I see this team, there is a commitment to do Hunger, Passion and something special. We have sacrificed, we have to come out of our comfort zone. We have to fight not every day, but every hour, every hour, every ball, then we will be able to make this tour a memorable.

Team India’s Test 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