Team India: Team India's new Test captain is to be announced today, Shubman Gill is leading the race..

Today can be a very memorable day for Shubman Gill. He can be made the captain of the Indian Test team for the England tour. The Indian selectors will meet at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Saturday (May 24) at 1 pm. The new captain will be announced at 1:30 pm. There is every possibility of Shubman Gill being made the new captain of the Test team. Experienced batsman KL Rahul or Rishabh Pant can be made the vice-captain of the Test team. The selectors will also announce the Test team for the England tour today. Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan may get a chance in the Indian Test team. According to sources, star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has ruled himself out of the race for captaincy. Bumrah has told the selectors that he is not interested in becoming the vice-captain. Because he will not be able to play all 5 Test matches in England. This will be India's first Test series after the superstar pair of Rohit Sharma (previous Test captain) and Virat Kohli retired from Tests. After the team selection meeting, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar will announce the new captain and Test squad through a press conference.

Shami may be out of the Test team.

Mohammad Shami may not be included in the team for this series. According to sources, the selectors may keep Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer out of the Test team. Of course, he has performed well for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in the 2024-25 season in the middle order. 30-year-old Iyer scored 480 runs in 5 matches in the Ranji Trophy last year at an average of 68.57 with the help of two centuries. Sai Sudarshan and Karun Nair may get a place on the Test team. Both have been given a place in the India A team which will leave for the England tour on Sunday.

Karun Nair and Sai Sudarshan are in unmatched form.

Karun Nair is ready to return to the Test team after 8 years. Karun Nair was the highest run-scorer in the domestic circuit. He scored 863 runs in 9 Ranji Trophy matches at an average of 53.93 with the help of 4 centuries. And played an important role in Vidarbha's third Ranji Trophy win. In the 2023-24 Ranji season too, Nair scored 690 runs in 10 matches at an average of 40.58. Which includes two centuries and three half-centuries. After Ranji, 30-year-old Karun scored 779 runs in 9 matches (eight innings) in the Vijay Hazare Trophy last season at an incredible average of 389.50, which included five centuries.

23-year-old Sai Sudarshan is performing brilliantly for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025. He is the highest run-scorer in the league with 638 runs in 13 matches at an average of 53.16. Which includes five half-centuries and a century. The Indian team will leave for England on June 6. The first Test of the series will be played on June 20 at Headingley, Leeds.

India's probable Test squad for England tour:
Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Sai Sudarshan, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav.

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