Batsman Tara Shubman Gill India’s Test leadership on Saturday began through the “large-scale transition” phase, which began with a tour of next month England, which would not be less than a test to announce a relatively inexperienced 18-member squad. At the age of 25, Gill Mansoor will be India’s fifth youngest Test captain Ali Khan Pataudi (21), Sachin Tendulkar (23), Kapil Dev (24) and Ravi Shastri (25). He will be swashball but will be uncertain Rishabh Pant As his deputy for a five -match series, which will begin on June 20 in Leeds.
The chairman of the selectors said, “Last year we have seen Shubman (for leadership). We hope he is the boy who is going (to take the team forward). It’s a high pressure work, but he is a terrible player,” said the chairman of the selectors. Ajit Agarkar After announcing the squad, who did not surprise any great surprise.
Gill has so far appeared in 32 trials and has scored a modest 35 runs for his 1893 runs with five hundreds and seven half -centuries at the top of the order since his debut in 2020.
On the other hand, 27-year-old pants are slightly more experienced with 43 tests under his belt and a better average line-up of 42.11 for his 2948 runs. He has broken six hundreds and 15 half centuries since he came in favor in 2018.
Agkar explained the role of Big-Hitter, saying, “Pant is one of our best batsmen in Test cricket in the last four-five years. A wicketkeeper can see the game well and that is why he is the deputy of Shubman.”
The decision of the selectors on the leadership of the team was on the expected lines after the retirement of senior stars Rohit Sharma And Virat KohliBoth left it within a week of each other earlier this month.
A notable exclusion was Pesar Mohammed Shami, which was not considered sufficiently fit for a longer series that would only end in the first week of August.
“He is trying to get fit for the series, but he has got a little shock last week … and he has got some MRIs. I would like to mention, I don’t think he was going to be available for all five tests. I don’t think he does not think his work is where it should be,” the priority said.
“These are just medical people who told us that they had been dropped from the series. Unfortunately, we were hoping that they are available for some part of the series. But if they are not fit at this time, it is very difficult to wait. At the moment he is not fully fit,” he added to the press conference.
Sai, girl call-up for Arshdeep
In remarkable inclusion, young left hand people were B. Sai Sudhrasan And left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, who earned his first Test call-up.
“Sai has not been selected on the basis of IPL, he has shown the right nature and is a game to succeed at the top level … We’re watching it for a while,” Agkar scored an average of 53 runs on average on average of Gujarat Titans with 638 runs, referring to the top scorer of IPL this season.
Like reformson, Arshdeep also has experience playing in county cricket.
Left -handed pacer Khalil AhmedIndia’s major wicket is going to take T20 cricket, but it will be a very difficult challenge to prove yourself in the traditional format.
Constant Nair, Unfit Shami Out
The squad also has facilities Karun NairWhich returns to the national set-up after eight years. After the last played in 2017, Nair was soon removed from the team after becoming the second triple Centurion in the Test from India.
From a tour of Australia, Harshit Rana And Sarfaraz Khan It has also been thought that the latter had claimed that some of his fitness had addressed the concerns by losing weight significantly.
Bumrah is not available for all 5 tests
Apart from Gill, Bumrah was another strong contender for captaincy, but the selectors decided to assign leadership responsibility to the batsman from Punjab.
There were also questions on Bumrah’s fitness and Agkar admitted that the availability of star pacer for the entire series is a concern.
“I don’t think he is available for all five tests, as far as, again, (what) by Physio and doctors told us,” Agkar said on Bumrah.
“Whether it is four or three (testing), we will see how the chain goes and how his body can take charge. There is no need to say how important it is. So, even if he is fit for three or four tests, he is going to win some Test matches,” he said.
The chosen one, both Gill, a leader and batsman, is a major challenge in hand.
His rare batting talent is undisputed, but he is yet to prove himself in Test cricket, especially in the Army (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries. It is an average of 14.66 in three tests in England.
As a captain, he has not gained much experience in domestic cricket, but has been leading the IPL franchise Gujarat Titans for the last few sessions.
“This is a large -scale infection. Both Rohit and Virat were around for a long time.” Gautam Gambhir,
Ezavaran and Thakur also cut
A heavy scorer in domestic cricket, Abhimanyu ezavaran The extended squad found a place as a reserve opener. She has also been selected in the past, but can never facilitate in eleven of playing.
With suspicion on Nitish Reddy The Baller, the selectors have chosen another fast bowling all -rounder Shardul ThakurWhich was last played for India in December 2023.
Thakur was part of the previous visit to India to England, where he returned to the Oval Test in the fifties that India won by 157 runs.
India’s squad for England’s Test Tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice-Qetan), Yashsvi Jaiswal, Ravindra jadejaDhurav Jurael, Washington beautifulShardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasad krishna, Sky deepArshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav,
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