Dubai: Indian Rohit Sharma celebrates its half -century during the final cricket match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 between India and New Zealand in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. (PTI Photo/Arnu Sharma) New Delhi: With a test tour of England less than a few months away, the Indian cricket council (BCCI) has prepared a group of players for a five-test series and preceded India and ‘Tour. Toi learned that Rohit Sharma (on a pic) was in a narrower selection of about 35 players to divide between Indian and test teams. Although there has been speculation about the Rohit place in the test team, it seems that selectors and advice are still not sure whether the team is ready from him as a captain on such an important tour.
The Council has already begun to organize travel plans. The selectors are expected to select teams for the second week of May. One of the main areas of interest was to find a stable medium -order test dough in No. 5 or 6. He learns that selectors look at Rajat Patidar and Karun Nair to fill in the emptiness. Both could be tested in the India “A” series, which starts within a week from the end of IPL 25 May. Interestingly, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel have not yet been included in the narrower selection.
“Rohit will most likely travel because the Board of Directors feels that one needs a strong captain in a series that is likely to be as hard as Australian tour. Given the middle order that the team leadership has shown very little confidence in Sarfaraz Khan’s abilities.
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Another important name on the list is Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep has been out of kindness for overseas tests for some time. Since Ravichandran Ashwin left during the Australian tour, the selectors may be tempted to choose a Kuldeep that offers an offensive rotary option.
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In any case, selectors will carry a decent number of travel reserves that will largely include backup Pacers for Jasprit Bumurah and Mohammed Shami, except the odd spinner. Selectors are afraid that Muhammed will not perform as the leading Pacer in the absence of Bumhrah and Shama.
Some of the regular test players may be asked to win a game team with an Indian team in one of the three first -class games.
