India squad for England tour: BCCI secretary gives a major update | Cricket News

Dubai: India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir with BCCI choice committee Chairman Ajit Agarkar throughout a coaching session forward of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 closing cricket match between India and New Zealand, in Dubai, UAE. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

New Delhi: India’s squad for the upcoming tour of England is about to be picked in two weeks’ time, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed the event to TimesofIndia.com.“The team will be picked in two weeks’ time,” says Saikia.As TOI.com had reported earlier, the Indian cricket board has already ready a pool and logistics for some India A gamers have already begun. The A squad, which can be that includes in three four-day video games earlier than the Test sequence begins on June 20, could be very prone to go away for England on May 25. The gamers who can be busy with their franchise commitments within the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) can be becoming a member of the squad later. The Test squad departure is probably going within the first week of June as some gamers are prone to function within the second four-day sport, which precedes the intra-squad fixture scheduled for the second week of June.It is reliably learnt that some senior gamers need to have a hit in one of many unofficial Tests, not the intra-squad sport, earlier than the sequence opener however that will rely on how far their respective group goes within the ongoing IPL coupled with essential clearances from the medical group. Since it is a lengthy tour, the Indian cricket board needs to make sure that the gamers are properly rested and recovered after a gruelling season of the IPL.This might properly imply that the Test squad gamers will go away in batches within the first week of June. Even for the tour of Australia, gamers left in batches. Both Dhruv Jurel and KL Rahul, who have been a part of the Test squad, have been flown in early to play the second unofficial Test vs Australia A, to get much-needed sport time.Similar drill might be adopted this time round, too, particularly for the gamers who’re but to have a style of England of their profession.