Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul open for the visiting aspect, as each groups march on a sunny day in Leeds on Friday (June 20, 2025). India has not performed a check on English soil with out former skipper Kohli at the helm since 2011, with Shubman Gill, at 25, turning into his nation’s fifth-youngest captain.
With 12 overs accomplished, India appears to be like robust at 36 runs with out loss of a wicket because the opening pair braves via the early morning session.
England captain Ben Stokes gained the toss and elected to bowl first in the course of the first Test towards India.
For India, the Tamil Nadu star batsman Sai Sudarshan will likely be making his Test debut and he’s anticipated to bat in No.3 place.
After profitable the toss, England captain Ben Stokes stated ““Headingley is a very good cricket wicket, hopefully use the early conditions and get something out of it.”
Indian captain Shubman Gill additionally stated he would have bowled first.
Playing XI
India: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 KL Rahul, 3 B Sai Sudharsan, 4 Shubman Gill (capt), 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Karun Nair, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Prasidh Krishna, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj
England XI: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jamie Smith (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Brydon Carse, 10 Josh Tongue, 11 Shoaib Bashir.
India and England gamers observe silence in reminiscence of airplane crash victims
India and England gamers together with on-field umpires noticed a minute of silence in remembrance of the victims of the tragic airplane crash in Ahmedabad.
In the grotesque accident of the Air India flight to London, 241 passengers and crew on board have been killed on June 14.
“What happened in the aircraft (crash), I think the whole India was disheartened but at the same time the only thing from our side… we are going to be sticking with them, how we can make India happy again,” vice-captain Rishabh Pant had instructed media right here on Wednesday.
On the cricketing entrance, top-order batter B Sai Sudharsan turned the most recent Test entrant for India, and he’ll bat at No. 3.
India underneath new captain Shubman Gill are looking for their first Test sequence win on England shores since 2007.
(With inputs from PTI)
