IND A Vs Eng Lions: There is going to be a five -match Test series between India and England. The series will start in England from 20 June and will run till August 4. The Indian team has reached for England tour. Earlier, India’s A team is playing a practice match with England Lions, whose bat of Indian team captain Abhimanyu Ishwan is also seen. In the last match, Abhimanyu’s bat was silent, but in the second match, the team captain played a brilliant innings with a half -century.

Team India captain scored half -century

Abhimanyu Ishwaran has been made the captain of the Indian A team. In the first inning of the second Test match, Abhimanyu was dismissed for 11 runs in 13 balls. At the same time, in the second inning, the captain’s bat has scored runs. Abhimanyu Ishwaran has scored an innings of 80 runs in 92 balls in the second inning. The Indian team remains in a strong position in this match.

India’s hold in Test match strong

In the second Test between India and England, England Lions won the toss and decided to bowl first. At the same time, the Indian team scored 348 runs while batting first. In response, the England team was all out for 327 runs in the first innings. India’s score in the second inning has been 352 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 79 overs. The Indian team is currently ahead by 373 runs in the match.

First match will be played from June 20

The first match between senior teams of India and England will start from June 20. For this, the Indian squad has been announced. Shubman Gill, captain of India’s Test team, has been made. Gill is going to start his captaincy from the tour of England. At the same time, Rishabh Pant is the vice -captain of the team.

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West indies new test captain roston chase: There has been a lot of stir in Test cricket recently. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from the Test, due to the World Test Championship Final (WTC 2025 Final), many players from Australia and South Africa can miss the playoff stage of IPL 2025. Now the captain of the West Indies Test team has been made a player who has not played any Test match for 800+ days. Craig Braithwaite was commanding the Caribbean Test team for the last 8 years, but now this responsibility has been handed over to Roston Chase.

The West Indies Cricket Board said in its statement that Roston Chase has been selected from a difficult and modern selection process. There were 6 candidates for the captaincy, who were interviewed and their leadership skills were tested in many ways. At the same time, the team’s new head coach Darren Sammy said that Roston Chase has the ability by which he can do the work of taking the team forward.

No Test played from 800+ Days

Roston Chase played the last Test against South Africa in March 2023. He has not been seen in white jersey since then. Despite this, giving him the captaincy of the Test team is a really shocking decision. Roston Chase is an all -rounder player, who has so far taken 85 wickets in addition to scoring 2,265 runs in his 49 -match Test career.

Why Craig Brathwaite removed

Craig Braithwaite first captained the West Indies Test team in 2017. Under his captaincy, West Indies played a total of 39 Test matches, out of which he got only 10 wins. It was 2022 when Brathwaite personally scored runs at an average of 62, but after that his form has also declined. Since 2023, Brathwaite has scored just 846 runs in 17 Tests.

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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.