New Delhi. The Indian team going on a tour of England has been announced by the selectors. After retiring from Rohit Sharma’s Test, there was a lot of discussion about who will become the captain. Someone described Jaspreet Bumrah as the next captain and someone said that Rishabh Pant should be given this responsibility. Some people believed that KL Rahul or Ravindra Jadeja also claim to become a Test captain. The selectors decided to give this responsibility to Shubman Gill.
Next month, when the Indian team goes to play a 5 -match Test series against England, everyone’s eyes are going to be on Shubman Gill. This player will create history as soon as the series starts. With the command of the Indian Test team in the Test series against England, Shubman Gill’s name will be recorded in the pages of history. The series will start from June 20 at Handingley Stadium, Leeds.
On Saturday (May 24), Ajit Agarkar, Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), did. He announced an 18-member team for the first assignment of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) Circle. Shubman Gill was made captain and Rishabh Pant was made the vice -captain of the Test team. When Gills captains India for the first time in Leeds Test match, they will create history. Gill will become the first Indian cricketer to debut captaincy at the age of 25 after Sachin Tendulkar. In the year 1996, Master Blaster achieved this special achievement.
Shubman Gill behave like this… Sunil Gavaskar said what after being elected a Test team for England tour
The 25 -year -old Gill will become the youngest captain after Mansoor Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri in the history of India. He has a chance to make some big records in England. He can become the youngest Indian captain to win a Test match on foreign soil. This is the first time the right -handed batsman Gill will captain India in Test cricket. He captained the team in the five -match T20 series against Zimbabwe last year. Gill was also the vice-captain of Rohit-led Indian team earlier this year, which won the 2025 Champions Trophy.
| Name | Age | opposing team | Year |
| Mansoor Ali | 21 years, 77 days | West Indies | 1962 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 23 years, 169 days | Australia | 1996 |
| Kapil Dev | 24 years, 48 days | West Indies | 1983 |
| Ravi Shastri | 25 years, 229 days | West Indies | 1988 |
| Shubman Gill | 25 years, 285 days | England | 2025 |
Indian team for England Test series
Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice-Qetan) (wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, B Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Sharadul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Krishn Deep, Krishni Deep, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav.
