Not Shubman Gill! 33-Year-Old To Open With Yashasvi Jaiswal In England: Report

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 13:24 IST

KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal volition reportedly unfastened successful the five-Test bid against England, with Shubman Gill arsenic captain.

Shubman Gill volition reportedly regenerate Virat Kohli astatine No. 4 (Picture credit: AFP)

Star India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul is each acceptable to unfastened with Yashasvi Jaiswal successful the upcoming five-Test bid against England, with a study in Cricbuzz saying that caput manager Gautam Gambhir has informed the erstwhile that helium would request to bat upfront successful the important tie.

There volition beryllium nary last-minute twists successful India’s squad for the upcoming circuit of England, and Shubman Gill, arsenic expected, is acceptable to beryllium named skipper of the Indian red-ball team.

Gill, lawman to Rohit Sharma successful the ODIs, volition pb the squad successful the five-Test distant bid against England adjacent month.

If the program to marque Rahul bat upfront holds, helium is expected to spouse Jaiswal astatine the top, and Gill mightiness determination down to No. 4.

The announcement is expected connected Saturday, May 24, erstwhile the nationalist enactment committee volition conscionable successful Mumbai.

Barring 2 caller names, the squad volition comprise the aforesaid players who toured Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy past year.

Star batters Sai Sudharsan and Karun Nair, who person performed good successful the past home season, mightiness beryllium awarded spots.

According to the report, Nair, who had been a prolific scorer successful the home circuit, 863 runs successful 9 Ranji Trophy matches with 4 hundreds and 779 runs successful 8 Vijay Hazare Trophy innings with 5 hundreds, could beryllium picked successful the team.

Nair, who guided the authorities broadside to Ranji Trophy glory and finished runners-up successful the Vijay Hazare Trophy, has already been included successful the India A squad that volition permission for England successful 2 days.

Nair is expected to beryllium co-opted into the elder squad too.

Sudharsan, the starring run-scorer successful the Indian Premier League with 638 runs, is expected to gain a spot arsenic well.

Already named successful the India A squad for the 2nd crippled against the England Lions, Sudharsan is tipped to beryllium added to the elder squad too.

Sudharsan, who has formed a palmy opening basal with Gill successful IPL 2025, mightiness not unfastened successful England. If Rahul, Jaiswal and Gill capable up 1, 2 and 4, Sudharsan mightiness play astatine three.

India statesman their run against England connected June 20 astatine Leeds.

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