IND vs ENG: The Indian team has reached England on Saturday 07/06/2025 for the five-match Test series. The first Test match will be played between the two teams on June 20. With this Test series, the Indian team will start the new cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). India will play this series without 2 important players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
The Indian team will play this Test series under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Caption Shubman Gill has been made the new captain of the Test team in place of Rohit Sharma. Rishabh Pant will play an important role as vice-captain in this series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has shared a video on X in which the players of Team India are seen at the airport. Head coach Gautam Gambhir is also seen with them.
IND vs ENG The first match will be played in Leeds from June 20
The first Test of the five-match series between India and England will be played in Leeds from June 20. With this series, India’s new World Test Championship cycle (2025-27) is also starting. Karun Nair has returned to the Indian team after eight years. Shardul Thakur is also making a comeback in the Indian team.
BCCI Shared Video on X
Touchdown UK 🛬#TeamIndia have arrived for the five-match Test series against England 🙌#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/QK5MMk9Liw
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 7, 2025
In the video shared by the BCCI of reaching England, the players are seen laughing and joking with each other. In the video, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is saying, a man wears glasses at night. Gill was also seen in the video. At the same time, Sai Sudarshan said, ‘I am excited to be a part of the Indian Test team.
Players like Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna were also seen at the airport. It is known that players like KL Rahul, Karun Nair and Yashasvi Jaiswal had already reached England and they are participating in the unofficial test against England Lions.
IND vs ENG: The Indian team for the Test series is as follows
India squad for the first Test against England: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
England squad for the first Test against India: Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Jamie Overton, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
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