VIRAT KOHLI AND SHUBMAN GILL (Getty Image) When India is preparing for a series of five matches in England from June 20 in Leeds, the contrast between 2025 and 2021 units is striking and the symbol of the generation shift in the Indian cricket.Four years ago, India traveled to England with a team struggling with veterans with hard fighting – Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami. This team was built on decades of experience, with seven players playing over 50 tests, including Ishant, who played 102 games.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!A quick move forward to 2025 and Team India returns with a new view, led by 25 -year -old SHUBMAN GILL, with only 32 tests in his name. With retirement Kohli, Rohit and Ashwina, this new group is a thin experience. Only two players in the group played more than 50 tests and three still debut in format. The leading group itself is in the transition and Gill and Rishabh Pant form a youthful core.
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This tour therefore concerns announcement in the new era and testing the next Indian generation to enter the legends. The Persian Gulf in experience between two units could not be glaring, which would be the opportunity to write a new chapter in the Indian test history.Squad Promise vs Sumped Family CrewIn 2021, the Indian group had 11 players with experience with 35 or more tests, of which seven have already played over 50 tests. Virat Kohli led the party with 92 tests and more than 7,500 runs, while his representative Ajinkya Rahane had 74 matches with his name. Eleven players were over 30 years old. Together, the group gathered 83 test centuries and the average experience of players was 38.25 matches.On the other hand, with 2025, where 10 out of 18 team members are under 30 and three players have to make their debut in tests. The collective test experience of players costs only 20.6, while the entire group combines only 29 hundred. This team represents the potential more than a family tree, a significant reversal from proven matches four years ago.
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Guard transition: from giants to GreenhornsIn 2021, Kohli and Rahane were two of the most experienced Indian activists who had boasted more than 12,000 runs. Gill and Rishabh Pant in 2025 still learn ropes as leaders. Gill played 32 tests, but in England only 14.66. However, Pant, with 43 tests under the belt, brings credibility with two hundred in nine matches in England and could be the key to Indian launching.Supreme Order shift: uncertainty replaces stabilityThe highest order Rohit, Kl Rahul and Pujara had a combined 161 tests and 10,952 runs, which created the top three rock. In 2025, Jaiswal is set to open, but his partner remains undecided, maybe Rahul or newcomers like Abhimanyu Easwaren or Sai Sudharsan. Gill, once an opener, recently dropped to No. 3 and now can even bat at 4 to lend stability. In the upper order is experimentation, where there was once certainty.Medium order and lower order: It looks credible despite retirementWhen Kohli and Rahane left, the middle order of 2025 will rely on Gill, Pant, Kl Rahul or Karun Nair and Jadeja. While the hinge brings an X-Factor, others will have to stand under pressure. It still looks credible, because most of them are solid bats with a lot of experience and pedigree. Nitish Kumar Reddy Na No. 8 adds a tab depth, unlike the longer tail of India, which was transmitted in 2021 with Ishant, Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj by launching from 8 to 11.
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Bowling attack: jadeja-bumrah still spine but depth is missingBowling attack from 2021 was one of the best Indian overseas units – Ashwin (413 goals), Ishant (306), Jadeja (221), Shami (184), Umesh (148) and Bumhrah (83), offered pace, control and experience. In 2025, Bumrah (205 goals), Jadeja (323) and Siraj (100) remain key. However, behind them, there is a sharp decline in experience. Kuldeep, Shardul, Arshdeep and Rest bring diversity, but are largely not tested in English conditions.Result of tour and Outlook 2021 for 2025The Indian campaign 2021 saw them to lead 2-1 before the series was stopped for Covid. The last test, played in 2022, ended in victory in England and equalized the 2-2 series. Despite the seasoned team, India could not seal the series.In 2025, expectations are modest, but curiosity is high. Can this young Indian party resist chances and perform English conditions? The series refers to a moment full of circle – one era ends and potentially begins another.
