Leeds: The thrill of the five Test match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England is going to begin from Friday. India has so far won the Test series in England only three times. He achieved this feat in 1971 under the leadership of Ajit Wadekar, Kapil Dev in 1986 and Rahul Dravid in 2007. Now Shubman Gill will be desperate to write his name in this list.
But this will not be so easy because the Indian team is going through a change due to Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin retiring. With this, he looks a bit weak in terms of experience.
For 25 -year -old Gill, this series will not be less than a fire test, as the England team has changed the traditions of Brandon McCullum’s coaching and Ben Stokes’s captaincy. It will be interesting to see how the Indian team responds to their aggressive attitude.
Along with Gill, Gambhir also exams
Shubman Gill, as India’s 37th Test captain, was more based on what could be expected from him. They have to prove a lot here. After Kohli and Rohit’s departure, the most influential person in the dressing room of the Indian team has not yet been a good record of head coach Gautam Gambhir and he would not want to spoil it further. This series will also have the real test of Gambhir’s strategic skills.
England’s playing XI: Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung and Shoaib Bashir.
India’s squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain and wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Sharad Siraj, Akash Deep, Kulladi, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana.