*Official* India tour of England 2025

[Thala_0710]

The 5 match test series in England begins from 20 June.
Schedule:
1st test: 20 Jun - 24 Jun at Headingley
2nd test: 2 Jul - 6 Jul at Edgbaston
3rd test: 10 Jul - 14 Jul at Lord's
4th test: 23 Jul - 27 Jul at Old Trafford
5th test: 31 July - 4 Aug at The Oval

India Squad: Shubhman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Yashashvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akashdeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav

England squad: Yet to be announced

 

[Sunil1z]

Very bad day as an Indian fan . This would be like SS Das becoming captain in 2000 or Raina becoming captain in 2010 . This is the beginning of the end of Indian Test team . Guy who averages 20 overseas is our Test Captain

 

[Sunil1z]

Imagine Mitch Marsh as Australian Test captain or Jason Roy as England test captain this is what we have done

 

[Prince EWS]

Wow Karun Nair! That's a fairytale comeback story.

 

[Starfighter]

Wow Karun Nair! That's a fairytale comeback story.

Sure is. Has he done anything to particularly deserve it, aside from India's batting being depleted by the all too foreseeable loss of Rohit and Kohli?

Imagine Mitch Marsh as Australian Test captain or Jason Roy as England test captain this is what we have done

Roston Chase as West Indies captain?

 

[morgieb]

Wow that Indian squad looks really weak. Heaven help them if Bumrah breaks down.

 

[Thala_0710]

Sure is. Has he done anything to particularly deserve it, aside from India's batting being depleted by the all too foreseeable loss of Rohit and Kohli?

He's been on a tear in the Indian Domestic circuit and had a very good stint for Northamptonshire in the County Championship in 23-24. Certainly deserving of a place in the squad.

 

[Burgey]

Has India really made Gill captain? This is a Mike Brearley level appointment, but without the proven tactical acumen.

looks like Australia broke Indian cricket

 

[Spark]

Imagine Mitch Marsh as Australian Test captain or Jason Roy as England test captain this is what we have done

Please don't give them ideas (this was actually The Plan at one point I think)

 

[govinda indian fan]

Has India really made Gill captain? This is a Mike Brearley level appointment, but without the proven tactical acumen.

looks like Australia broke Indian cricket

Bcci are clueless morans who want gill to be all format superstar(regeradless of fact he cant buy a run) but good names like karun nair and sai sudarshan who would do well

 

[govinda indian fan]

Why is harshit rana not picked? Why useless arshdeep anyway hopefully england will give green pitches( would give us 50% chance) rather then roads

 

[Burgey]

I’m genuinely stunned at this selection, Ngl

 

[Thala_0710]

I’m genuinely stunned at this selection, Ngl

The Gill captaincy one? It's basically due to Bumrah's fitness issues. He won't play all 5 tests in England and they might rest him for some of the home series as well.

 

[Starfighter]

Why is harshit rana not picked? Why useless arshdeep anyway hopefully england will give green pitches( would give us 50% chance) rather then roads

They're gonna be roads, which might at least help India's batting. The bowling is Bumrah or bust, again.

 

[honestbharani]

Gonna quietly back The Lord to win us this series.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Why is harshit rana not picked? Why useless arshdeep anyway hopefully england will give green pitches( would give us 50% chance) rather then roads

India rueing the fact that England won’t produce green seamers, we have truly reached end times!

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

What's wrong with the bowling group? That's the best we got, no? Decent mix of experience in there. The batting though, oy vey. Might have another captain being rested before the series is through. Also, no Sarfaraz is a bit of a downer. At least we would've known for sure how bad (or good, stretch as it likely would be) he is in those conditions.

 

[Thala_0710]

What's wrong with the bowling group? That's the best we got, no? Decent mix of experience in there. The batting though, oy vey. Might have another captain being rested before the series is through. Also, no Sarfaraz is a bit of a downer. At least we would've known for sure how bad (or good, stretch as it likely would be) he is in those conditions.

I wouldn't have picked Arshdeep, probably someone like Rana (or Kamboj among the newer ones). The rest of the bowling unit is fine. Sarfaraz for Sundar also makes more sense imo.

 

[Sunil1z]

The Gill captaincy one? It's basically due to Bumrah's fitness issues. He won't play all 5 tests in England and they might rest him for some of the home series as well.

They could have easily made Jaiswal the captain if performance is the criteria. BCCI went for a more marketable face

 

[capt_Luffy]

They could have easily made Jaiswal the captain if performance is the criteria. BCCI went for a more marketable face

Honestly, if not Bumrah, Pant makes the most sense imo.