India head coach Gautam Gambhir remained the exclusion of Shreyas Iyer from the test team for the upcoming England and decided not to comment on the decision, despite the growing public debate. When he talked to the media on Wednesday, Gambhir simply said, “I’m not a selector,” he asked Iyer’s omission.
Shreyas was excellent this season and accumulated 514 runs for 14 matches for King Pandjab, making him the best running shooter in IPL 2025. Despite his key role in the PBK leadership to playoff His omission left fans and former crickets confused and disappointed.
The Indian team, which decided to depart for England next month, will play five tests in Headingley, Leeds (June 20-24), Edgbaston in Birmingham (July 2-6), Lord’s (July 10), Old Trafford in Manchester (July 23-27).
While the omission of Shreyas Iyera raised the eyebrows, selectors decided to combine experience and fresh talent. Karun Nair, who last performed in the test match eight years ago, was rewarded for his record home season with a challenge for the test team. Meanwhile, young prospects B. Sai Sudharsan and Pacer left arm Arshdeep Singh have received their first test call.
SHUBMAN GILL was appointed 37th Indian Captain of the test After retirement, Rohit Sharma from Red-Ball format. 25 -year -old pandjab becomes 37. Captain India cricket in the longest format. After Gill scored 1,893 runs in 32 tests, already showed her mettle at the international level.
While Gambhir refrained the weighing team selection, he was full of praise for the BCCI initiative to invite the Chiefs of the Armed Forces of India to participate in the final of IPL 3 June in Ahmedabad.
“It’s an incredible step,” he said. “We normally criticize a lot of things, but that’s something that is incredible. BCCI has taken the initiative from the point of view that the whole nation is one and the whole nation has to armed forces for what they do unconditionally.”
“So I feel that when BCCI has taken over such an initiative, we have to provide a large loan and more importantly, our armed forces that unconditionally helped us and saved and protected us.”
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
28. May 2025
