Shubhman Gill 37th Test Captain for India: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the new Test captain of Team India. Team India's selection committee chief and former Indian all-rounder Ajit Agarkar held a press conference in Mumbai and announced Shubman Gill as the new captain of India. Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant were also in the race for captaincy, but the team management, head coach and selectors have expressed confidence in this young man. He will be seen carrying forward Rohit Sharma's glorious legacy in England. The Indian team has to play a five-match Test series on the England tour, which will start from June 20 at the Leeds Cricket Stadium.

There was a discussion about Gill ever since Rohit Sharma retired. However, many former cricketers also supported Jasprit Bumrah. While announcing the team, Agarkar said, 'Bumrah was the vice-captain and then the captain on the Australia tour, but there is extra pressure on him while captaining. He is more important to us as a player. We want him to stay fit and contribute to the victory. While captaining, apart from bowling, one has to manage 15-16 people and we did not want to put pressure on him.' On the other hand, regarding not making KL Rahul the captain, Agarkar said that he has been the captain before and his name was not in our radar. We wanted a captain who could lead the Indian team for some time ahead.

While announcing the name of the captain, Ajit Agarkar said that Shubman Gill will be the captain of the team and Rishabh Pant is the vice-captain of the team. Along with this, he said that I do not think that Jasprit Bumrah will be available for all the matches. Regarding Virat Kohli's retirement, the Chief Selector said that he had told about retirement in April itself.

India's Tour of England, 2025

The Indian team will tour England for a five-match Test series. The first Test of this series will be played in Leeds from June 20. At the same time, the second Test will be played in Birmingham from July 2. The third Test will be played at Lord's from July 10, while the fourth Test will be played in Manchester from July 23. The fifth Test will be played at the Oval in London from July 31. With this series, India's new World Test Championship cycle (2025-27) will also begin.

Full schedule of India vs England Test series

1st Test - 20 to 24 June 2025 - Headingley, Leeds

2nd Test - 02 to 06 July 2025 - Edgbaston, Birmingham

3rd Test - 10 to 14 July 2025 - Lord's, London

4th Test - 23 to 27 July 2025 - Old Trafford, Manchester

5th Test - 31 July to 04 August 2025 - The Oval, London.

India’s Squad: Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.