India are all set to begin their campaign in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 as they will travel to England for a five-match Test series with the first match beginning on June 20. This series marks a tectonic shift in India's Test cricket landscape as they will travel without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, after both stalwarts retired from the longest form of the game recently. Fans are now waiting in eager anticipation as to when the next Indian captain will be and when the squad will be announced.

According to a report by India Today, the India squad for England series is all set to be revealed on May 24 (Saturday). The announcement might come around 12 PM. The new India Test captain will also be unveiled on this date.

According to a report by Sky Sports, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant are the two leading candidates to replace Rohit Sharma as the new Test captain, after Jasprit Bumrah opted out of the race since he might not play all five Tests vs England due to workload management.

However, the selectors are divided over who to name among Pant or Gill as the new Test Captain. One selector has reservations regarding Gill as he is not an automatic first-team choice for India in the longest format. He believes that Giull is more suited to a vice-captaincy role.

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal Included In India A Squad

Bengal batter Abhimanyu Easwaran will be captaining the India A side in the tour to England. Yashasvi Jaiswal is also part of the squad, and potential India Test captain Shubman Gill will join the squad from the second game onwards alongside Sai Sudharsan. Ishan Kishan also makes his return

India A squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (VC) (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (WK), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey