The Indian cricket team has announced its 18-member squad for the upcoming Test series against England, with Shubman Gill appointed as the new Test captain. Gill's leadership tenure will commence in June, with Rishabh Pant serving as the vice-captain.
Squad Details
- Batsmen:
- Shubman Gill (Captain)
- Rishabh Pant (Vice-Captain)
- Yashaswi Jaiswal
- KL Rahul
- Sai Sudarshan (first-time Test player and IPL's best performance award winner)
- Karun Nair (returns to Test team after a long time)
- Abhimanyu Elliyan
- All-Rounders:
- Nitish Kumar Reddy (fast bowling all-rounder)
- Shardul Thakur (fast bowling all-rounder)
- Ravindra Jadeja (spinner)
- Wicketkeeper:
- Dhruv Jurel (retains his place)
- Fast Bowlers:
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammed Siraj
- Pranam Krishna
- Akash Deep
- Arshadeep Singh
- Spinners:
- Washington Sundar
- Kuldeep Yadav
Tour Schedule
The Indian team will play a five-match Test series against England, starting from June 20, as part of the ICC Test World Championship 2025-27 cycle. The matches will be held at [no specific details available in the prompt, but mentioned in the article]:
- Leeds (June 20-24)
- Birmingham (July 2)
- Lord's Stadium (July 10-14)
- Manchester (July 23-27)
- Kennington Oval in London (July 31-August 4)
Before the Test series, India may play a practice match against India A or England Lions from June 13 to 16.