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The Indian cricket team on Friday departed from the Mumbai Airport for England to play a five-match Test series as part of the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship cycle. It marks India’s first bilateral test series after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s recent retirement from Test cricket.The series will be between June and August 2025, with matches at five places: Hadingley in Leeds, Edgbaston in Birmingham, Lords and Lord’s in London and Old Trafford in Oval and Manchester.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The Indian team is currently under infection, Shubman Gill performed the captaincy duties after the departure of senior players R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli from Test cricket.
Many Indian players had already arrived in England to participate in the warm-up matches representing India A against Lions of England. Members of the remaining squad will reach the UK on Friday.India A is currently engaged in the three -match informal test series against England Lions. The first match concluded in a draw, the second informal test began on Friday, June 6 at the County Ground in Northampton.England have announced their squad for initial testing at Headingley, with significant changes in India with its last 4–1 Test series defeat. Notable absences include retired Pesar James Anderson, while Johnny Bairstow, Ben Focal and Oli Robinson have been dropped.India’s test squad Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice-Qetan), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kel Rahul, Sai Sudharan, Abhimanyu Ishwaran, Karun Nair, Nair, Nitish Ready, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel, Washington Sundara, Sardul Thar, Jasparat Bauur Deep, Arshadeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh.England squad for first test: Ben Stokes (Durham, Captain), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Jacob Bethel (Warvikshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Bridan Cars (Durham), Sam Cook (Essex), Zak Croly (Kent), Ben Docket (Notothamashire), Zamiri (notingmate Jamie Smith (Surrey), Josh Tongs (Nottinghamshire), and Chris Woakes (Warvikshire).
