Not Yashasvi Jaiswal Or KL Rahul: BCCI Promote 27-Year-Old Star As India Vice Captain For England Tests (Source: AP)
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The BCCI announced the squad for the five-match Test series against England. The series gets underway on June 20 at Headingley, Leeds. India will be without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who announced their retirements from the format.
The biggest task for the selectors was to pick a new captain following the retirement of Rohit Sharma. The selectors opted to go in with Shubman Gill, given his terrific performance in the IPL 2025, where he led GT to the playoffs.
BCCI Name New Vice Captain For Tests
The selectors also picked a new vice-captain for the Test team. Jasprit Bumrah was the vice-captain on the Australia tour and led India in the absence of Rohit Sharma. However, Bumrah was not retained as the vice-captain due to his workload management. The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee instead named Rishabh Pant as Shubman Gill's deputy.
India squad for England tour
The India squad didn't have many surprises. Sai Sudharsan and Karun Nair were picked in place of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Abhimanyu Easwaran was retained as a backup opener. Mohammed Shami was left out as he was not fit for red-ball cricket. Sarfaraz Khan also failed to make the cut to the squad. Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar were spin all-rounders while Nitish Reddy and Shardul Thakur were picked as fast bowling all-rounders. Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, and Akash Deep, along with Jasprit Bumrah, were the fast bowlers selected.
India Squad: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC/WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
