Captain India SHUBMAN GILL during the Nets meeting in Headley 18th June 2025 in Leeds, England. (Photo: Gareth Coppley/Getty Images) The sun was beat on western Yorkshire City of Leeds in the last few days. At this time of year, the temperature is higher than it is usually. And of course there is the heat of the expected test series India-England and the bets are very high for all participants.Although it is a new beginning for India in the Fresh World Test Championship (WTC) under a brand new SHUBMAN GILL leader, for England, this is another opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the longer format of their well -known aggressive “Bazball”.The test cricket in England is largely dependent on two variables – the color of the playground and the sky. For the time being, the bright sun is complemented by a green touch on 22 yards. According to the locals, there could be 10-12 mm of grass on the track and this could be the main challenge for the dough on both sides.While the recent trends in the English cricket indicate that teams that detonate a second could be better, one of the best Indian victories in England – on the same soil in Headingley in 2002 came after Sourava Ganguly decision first bats on the green peak. But this team liked Rahula David and Sachin Tendulkar in their absolute first -class and gangules had the courage to go inside with two spinning angels in Kumble and Harbhajan Singh, who played a massive role in victory in the fourth and fifth day.
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Things now differ significantly. The Indian launch set wears an inexperienced look after the virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma leave. While Kl Rahul and Yashsvi Jaiswal as Openers are proven material, the likely debut of Sai Sudharsan in No. 3 will be something that the cricket world will look at with great interest.Gill himself allows the captain to play a slightly older ball, while the batting form of Rishabh Pant in No. 5 will be absolutely essential. In Australia, he had a series of hit-and-meiss with mistakes that predominate hits, but the new vicecaptain has to take off any attack. “There could be a bit of inexperience in the line -up, but then we’re going to do this English tour without luggage,” Gill said before training on Thursday.The fact that the English pace of Josha’s language, Brydon Cars, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes is not exactly the Anderson-Broad material, should also give the Indian middle order a great hope.Karun NairSHARDUL Thakur comeback on cards?Karun Nair, with his rich vein in the home cricket followed by a double hundred in the first training match, almost forced the hand of the team leadership to choose it. The right-hander of Karnataka should be in India 6 after 2017, but the national colors-Debata could be around the fourth slot Pacer/Allrounder.Quiz: Who is the IPL player?Shardul Thakur can be quite a handful of bat and ball. But the temptation will play Nitish Reddy there for his branding skills, even if it is almost stable with the ball. Reddy was one of the Indian positive investments during the Australia series.
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Indian pace of card holds the keyIt is not always that the Indian pace of attack is launching a series in England with an excellent attack, at least on paper. Jasprit Bumrah promised in a recent interview to play the first test and at Mohammed Siri is one of the deadliest introductory attacks you can apply for.Prasidh Krishna was very good when India played the last Sydney test a few months ago. His ability to generate a steep reflection at any course on any pitch should stand well in front of the left arm of the Arshdeep Singh rocking manager.The PACE attack must be at the top of their game, because England is banking to experience their batsman to do this work. On a friendly track, there is a general feeling that like Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ollie Pte and Captain Stokes have more quality and experience than Indian tabs.
