Today on 24 May, BCCI has announced Team India for the upcoming 5 match Test series against England . Many strong players have been included in this team. Shubman Gill will be seen captaining the Indian team in the upcoming Test series.
Not only this, Rishabh Pant has been appointed the vice-captain of the team. Some players have returned to the team, while many new faces will also be seen in the team. The most surprising thing is that Shreyas Iyer has not been included in Team India.
Shreyas Iyer‘s performance has been very good in Indian domestic cricket for some time now. He won the hearts of the fans by batting well consistently. At the same time, Iyer’s performance in the ongoing IPL is noteworthy.
But during the press conference while announcing the team for the England tour, Ajit Agarkar said,
‘𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒔 𝑰𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕. 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒔 𝑰𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝑫𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕.’
Test series between England and India starting from 20 June
Let us tell you that the five-match cricket series between England and India is starting from June 20. In the upcoming match, the players of both the teams can be seen performing brilliantly. Talking about Shreyas Iyer, he is currently participating in IPL 2025. He can be seen captaining the Punjab Kings team in this important tournament.
Under the captaincy of the dashing batsman, Punjab Kings have confirmed their place in the playoffs this season. It will be important to see how Shreyas Iyer performs in the remaining IPL matches.
Team India for the five-match Test series against England:
Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
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