Rishabh pant press conference: India vs England first Test will be played on Friday, 20 June at the headingley cricket ground in Leads. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India is starting the next cycle of WTC (WTC 2025-27). Earlier, Vice -captain Rishabh Pant, who came to the press conference, told that who would bat at number four in place of Virat Kohli, he told what his batting order will be.
Virat Kohli played a total of 210 innings in Test cricket, out of which he batted at number four in 160 innings. This was his position for more than a decade, but since his retirement, the big question was who would play in this order. Rishabh Pant revealed this in the press conference.
Shubman Gill will replace Virat!
Pant told that captain Shubman Gill will bat at number four. Let us tell you that Shubman Gill has played a total of 59 Test innings so far. He has opened 29 times and batted 30 times at number three. He scored 874 runs while opening, including 2 centuries and 4 half -centuries. While playing at number three, he scored 1019 runs with the help of 3 centuries and the same half -century. Now he is ready to bat at number four for the first time.
Who is at number 5
Rishabh Pant, while disclosing his batting order, said that he will play at number five. Talking about Pant, he played 26 times in the Test at number 5, in which he scored 1301 runs. While playing on this position, he has scored 9 half -centuries and 2 centuries.
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India’s potential playing against England 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, famous Krishna, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.
It is very likely that Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul will start the innings. Sai Sudarshan can be fed in the first Test in place of Abhimanyu Iswaran, if he plays, he can bat at number three. Karun Nair can come at number six. Nitish Kumar Reddy can be fed to Shardul Thakur.
Live broadcast and live streaming details of IND vs Eng 1st Test
India vs England will have a live broadcast of the first Test in India on Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on geographstar. In the first Test starting on June 20, the toss will be held at 3 pm Indian time. The match will start every day from 3:30 pm.
