WATCH: Team India gears up for England series with intense practice session

Team India’s intense practice for England series

After landing in England, the Indian Test team, now led by Shubman Gill, wasted no time getting down to business. The young side has already begun training, hitting the nets with focus and energy as they prepare for the five-match series. This tour also marks the beginning of India’s journey in the 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship cycle, adding extra significance to the challenge ahead.

With Rohit Sharma retiring from Test cricket, Shubman Gill has been named India’s 37th Test captain. Gill, who has featured both as an opener and at number three, has scored 1893 runs in 32 Tests at an average of 35.1, including five centuries and seven half-centuries.

BCCI shared a glimpse of India’s training session on social media and wrote the caption, First glimpse of Team India getting into rhythm in England. In the video, Team India pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh joined new captain Shubman Gill, veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant in the training drills.

It was a tough and intense training session held at the Lord’s Indoor Cricket Centre under the supervision of head coach Gautam Gambhir and his coaching team.

The five-match series will begin on June 20 in Leeds, after which the second Test will be played in Birmingham.

Team 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 (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav