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Indian cricket team on the airport forward of their tour of England. (Twitter)

The Indian cricket team departed from Mumbai Airport on Friday for England to play a five-match Test collection as half of the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship cycle. This marks India’s first bilateral Test collection following the latest retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from Test cricket.The collection will happen between June and August 2025, with matches scheduled throughout 5 venues: Headingley in Leeds, Edgbaston in Birmingham, Lord’s and The Oval in London, and Old Trafford in Manchester.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The Indian team is at the moment in transition, with Shubman Gill assuming captaincy duties following the departure of senior gamers R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli from Test cricket.

Several Indian gamers had already arrived in England earlier to take part in warm-up matches representing India A towards the England Lions. The remaining squad members will arrive within the UK on Friday.India A are at the moment engaged in a three-match unofficial Test collection towards the England Lions. The first match concluded in a draw, with the second unofficial Test starting on Friday, June 6, on the County Ground in Northampton.England have introduced their squad for the opening Test at Headingley, that includes important modifications from their earlier 4-1 Test collection defeat in India. Notable absences embrace retired pacer James Anderson, whereas Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes, and Ollie Robinson have been dropped.India’s Test squad Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain), 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, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav.England squad for first Test: Ben Stokes (Durham, captain), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Sam Cook (Essex), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), and Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).