
Two modern guardians of the Indian cricket-rosal Sharma and Virat Kohli-have two of three of the three formats of international cricket. Between the two India, 21,950 tours in the T20i and the test cricket scored and also performed in six finals at ICC tournaments.
The departures of Rohit and Kohli feel bittersweet. Together they broke the Indian ICC Trophy Jinx, won the World Cup T20 2024 and the Champions Trophy 2025, and before that in 2023 they played one of the most dominant campaigns in the history of the ODI World Cup, even though they were missing on the trophy.
While they left from the T20i format at a high levelWhen the Indian team left enough time to prepare for the next tournament, their retirement was retired when they were at their historical minimum.
India will be ready to play five match test series against England between June and August, which will also be listed in the New World Championship cycle. It is essential that double WTC finalists start well, given that the confidence of the test team is at a historically minimum after loss against New Zealand and Australia.
Indian management must fill in three holes in the XI game for England: the opening slot that was free Rohit Sharma, the key place no. Place of Lead Spinner left by Ravichandran Ashwin.
Ashwin does not bother to free space in England, given that the team does not play out-a-out spinner in these conditions. Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar or Axar Patel are more than capable spinners for these conditions, which can also provide a great output with the bat.
Here’s a look at what the Indian group might look like in the absence of three devoted Indian cricket teams.
Opening slot
Last time India played in England (2021/22), Rohit Sharma was an animal of test dough. 345 runs in four tests on average 57.50 – it was a very different type of Rohit Sharma, which has seen in the last two years. Rohit’s signature style was to lose a new ball by defending everything and then releasing on a fast pitch. Ideally, India would need Rohit’s certainty at the top, and the man perhaps best suited for this role is KLALUL.
Rahul was Rohit’s partner in 2021 and scored 315 runs out of four matches after he was instead of Mayank Agarwal.
In the last few years, Kl Rahul has been moved through the launch set and did it without any complaints. In the border-Gavaskar Down Under, Rahul looked the only dough except Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had confidence in the score scores.
Perhaps it is time for India to settle in one position in the next two and a half years.
Who bats in not. 4?
Very few doughs in the world cricket brought confidence in No. 4 as a virat kohli. In his fourteen -year -old test career, there were times when the virtual kohli looked invincible with the blade in his hand. It can be argued that Virat has sacrificed many of his test runs in a pursuit of victory in the Indian subcontinent, which will pitch, which were more friendly to the pitch.
“I do not mind threatening the averages (Batsmen) if we win test matches,” Kohli said in 2015 after the match against South Africa at home.
“I think that’s our main concern, we don’t play about records … If you don’t take 20 goals, you can have an average of 55, it doesn’t matter,” he added.
If someone wants Swagger Virat Kohli back to No. 4, they should not look at SHUBMAN GILL. His short arms, his ability to drive the ball at will-shubman is an elite dough.
SHUBMAN switched from opening to No. 3 in 2022, and perhaps it is time to settle in No. 4, where the most important dough plays in any test team.
Who replaces SHUBMAN?
If India provides SHUBMAN position 4, the team will have to find someone stable in 3rd place. It would be highly recommended not to look at Kl Rahul again, which was moved in and out of positions.
India has a choice in his hands – if they want someone dynamic, Sai Sudharsan is their husband. If they want someone with defensive abilities, they have in their hands Karun Nair who just played Record season in the trophy of ranji. If they want someone with gravel and the ability to bite in difficult circumstances, they may audition Sarfaraz Khan.
And this is where the children of Rohit Sharma “Garden Me Ghoomne Vaale” enter the game. They will have to intensify the big time in the English series, because it basically sets the tone of what to come.
If India wins in England, Gautam Gambhir gets a fresh slate, without any luggage from Australia, because it will be his team – the team he designed. However, if India was lost in England, panic would be again going on and Gambhir could also lose his work, at least in the test format.
A Possible Team India for England
Sudharsan, Kl Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Axar Patel, Axar Patel Shammed ,, Mohammed, Shammed ,, Mohammed, Shammed ,, Mohammed, Shammed ,, Mohammed, Shammed ,, Mohammed, Shammed, Shammed, Sharammed, Mohammed, Mohammed Siaram. Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Akash Deep.
Indian travel reserves for England
ARSHEEP SINGH, Shreyas Iyer and Abhimanyu Easwarean
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
May 15, 2025
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