The head coach of the Indian cricket team Gautam Gambhir visited the temple of Maa Kamakhy in Guwahati to seek a blessing before the upcoming tour of England. India is going to play against England in a series of five matches from June 20, which will also mark the beginning of the World Championship in the 2025-27 test.
England tour will also be the first task for India’s new test captain SHUBMAN GILLwho took over the reins from Rohit Sharma, followed by his retrieemrn from the longest format. Before the tour, Gambhir was seen to offer prayers in the temple in the middle of strict safety.
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The England of the test series is for Gambhir to maximum importance as for his tenure, India has not found success in the longest format. After 12 years they lost to New Zealand against the home series and were first whitened at home.
In addition, the team also failed to keep the Border-Gavascar trophy in Australia, lost a series of five games by 1-3 and for the first time failed to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC). A terrible performance led to the main transition in the team because Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravicandran Ashwin left the tests after the back-to-back series.
Therefore, SHUBMAN GILL will lead the young site in England with Rishabh Pant as his representative. Sai Sudharsan and Arshdeep Singh have won their first test challenge, while Karun Nair and Shardul Thakur returned. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan, Harshit and Mohammed Shami did not find space on the team.
India will have a difficult task to invite England because they recently climbed second in the ICC ranking after the victory over West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Zimbabwe in the last 12 months.
Indian Group for England Tour: SHUBMAN GILL (Captain), Rishabh Pant (WK) (Vice-Capital), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwan, Karun Naier, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jadeja, Dhuvv Jarlil (WK), Washington, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit, Jasprit ,,, Jasprita, Jasprita, Jaspriit ,, Jasril, Jadeja, Dhuvv Jarlil (WK) Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
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Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
26. May 2025
