Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from Test cricket. Senior team player Jasprit Bumrah will also play only 3 Tests on a tour of England. After Rohit's retirement, the young Better Shubhman Gill has been entrusted to the team.
In the absence of senior players, head coach Gautam Gambhir and Captain Gill will have to find the answer to the team combinations. In the story we will try to find out who will open Rohit's place in Playing-11? Who will play on No. 3 if played at Gill No. 4?
1. Who will open Rohit's place?
Rohit said goodbye to Test cricket on May 7. For the last 6 years he has been opening the red ball. His partner has been Yashwashi Jaiswal since 2023. The place of Yashwashi is certain, but who will support it, the answer to the question will still be to be found.
Rohit's place at the opening position may be KL Rahul with Yashwi. Rahul opened up with Yashwi in an unofficial test against a tour of Australia and England Lions. Apart from this, Sai Sudarshan is also a contender for Rohit's place.
- KL Rahul: 33 -year -old Rahul debuted in 2014. He played 58 Tests so far and scored 3257 runs. About 85-90% opened in the innings. Rahul has 8 Test centuries in the name of which he scored 7 centuries. Rahul has scored the highest runs on foreign pitch in England. There are 2 centuries in his name.
- Sai Sudarshan: 23 -year -old Sudarshan has been in the debate after his performance in the IPL. He has played 3 ODIs and 1 T20 for India. Sudarshan has scored 7 centuries in First Class Cricket and has the experience of county cricket in England.
2. Who will land on No. 3 after Gill?
Virat Kohli retired from Test on May 12. He was batting at No.4 in the team and was one of the most experienced members of the squad. His departure has made a huge gap of the middle order veteran and strong batter in the team. This will fill the gap. In the first test, Gill will bat for the first time at No.4. Vice -captain Rishabh Pant gave this information at a press conference on Wednesday. If Gill plays at number four, the question of number-3 arises. It has two contenders.
3. Who will lead to Bumrah's place Paes Attack?
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will play only 2 or 3 Tests in the series against England in view of the workload and injury. Mohammed Siraj Paes can lead the attack on the basis of his absence. He has had a good experience so far. Apart from this, famous Krishna and Shardul Thakur are also options.
- Mohammad Siraj: In the absence of Siraj Bumrah, who played in all three formats for India, Paes is at the forefront of the contenders to lead the attack. He has a pace and aggression in the bowling, which causes the batters to bother. He has taken 100 wickets in 36 Tests. In the absence of Bumrah, Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav, Siraj debuted in Australia in 2020-21 and took the highest wicket for India in the series.
- Famous Krishna: The 29 -year -old renowned Test debut against South Africa in 2023. He played 3 Tests so far and took 8 wickets. He won the Purple Cap with the highest 25 wickets in IPL 2025. Krishna is the first England tour.
- Shardul Thakur: Shardul, who has debuted in all three formats for India, has taken 31 wickets in 11 Tests so far. He scored 505 runs with Ranji Trophy 35 wickets in 2024–25. He also has experience to play in England. He has taken 10 wickets with 173 runs in 4 Tests. There are also two Fifty. He has also scored a Fifty in the World Test Championship final.
4. How many spinners will descend with Team India?
Team India has included 3 spinners in the squad for England tour. Apart from all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, specialist spinner Kuldeep Yadav is also. Both Jadeja and beautiful can also support the bat. However, in keeping with the team management pitchen, it will decide what the Playing-11 combination will be.
- Ravindra Jadeja: After Rohit and Kohli, Jadeja is the only senior player left in the Test team, whose career is over 12 years. Number-1 Test all-rounder has played 80 Tests so far, with 3370 runs and 323 wickets. There are also 4 centuries and 22 fifty. Jadeja has taken 642 runs and 27 wickets in 12 matches in Test cricket in England.
- Washington beautiful: He has not played any Test match in England so far. However, Sundar has 468 runs and 25 wickets in 9 Tests.
- Kuldeep Yadav: Chinaman Kuldeep has played 13 Tests. In which he has taken 56 wickets. Kuldeep has played only one Test in England. He was included in the playing-11 of the Lord's Test in 2018. He did not get a single wicket in the match, then was released from Playing-11. England's pitch usually helps seams and swings, but some wickets in the summer can be helpful for spinners. If you are expected to get turns on grounds like Oval, Manchester or Trent Bridge, Kuldeep Yadav may be involved in playing-11 of India.
Captain Gill will bat on No. 4
Captain Shubhman Gill will bat at number 4. Gill currently plays at No.3 position, but after Virat Kohli's retirement he will bat at No.4. Batting at No. 4 in Test cricket is considered to be a very important bat and usually plays the most experienced, trusted and technical batter of the team at this position.
Sachin Tendulkar batted at No.4 at most of his career and scored the highest run in the same position. Steve Smith is the most successful test of the current time and plays on No.4. If Route and Virat Kohli have also batted on No. 4 for a long time.
India's Possible Playing-11
Yashwashi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubhman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice -captain and wicketkeeper), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.
The tour of England will begin today
Team India will play 5 Test series in England today. After Rohit's retirement, the team will play under the leadership of the new captain. This will be India's first series in the new bicycle of the World Test Championship (WTC).
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