Ind vs Eng: Virat Kohli used to bat at number three for the Indian cricket team most of the time, but after Kohli’s retirement from Tests, the question is who will replace him?
When will Team India’s playing eleven be announced?
Although the playing eleven has not been officially confirmed by the Indian team yet, but according to media reports, Team India will reveal its best 11 at the time of toss on June 20. But until this is known, people are making their own playing eleven, some want to include Karan Nair and some want to include Sai Sudarshan in their team.
Harshit Rana Added in Squad:
Team India initially did not include Harshit Rana in their team, then on June 17, it was announced by the BCCI that Harshit Rana would also be included in the team, although people on social media believed that the selectors should have included Anshul Kamboj instead of Harshit. Anshul Kamboj, who is in recent form, had also taken some brilliant wickets while playing for Team India ‘A’, but the selectors thought it more appropriate to choose Harshit.
Rana was a member of India A’s side that played two matches against the England Lions and recently competed in an intra-squad encounter at Beckenham. The remaining members of the India A squad are said to be on their way home.
Gautam Gambhir left for England.
Meanwhile, Gautam Gambhir is set to rejoin the squad shortly, most likely on Tuesday. The head coach had returned to New Delhi from the UK owing to a family issue, but is said to have left the national capital for London on Tuesday morning. Although he has not rejoined the team at the time of reporting this report, he is anticipated to join the squad soon.
Team India Squad:
Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant † (vc), Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Abhimanyu Easwaran, ,Harshit Rana, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel †, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna, KL Rahul †, Sai Sudharsan, Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar.
What could be Team India’s best playing XI for the first Test?
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Opener), KL Rahul (Operner), Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant † (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy/Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
England’s playing XI for the first Test:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
