India Tour of England 2025: BCCI Requests Flat Pitches for Young Squad — Full Test Schedule, Updated Squad-

India Tour of England 2025: BCCI Requests Flat Pitches for Young Squad — Full Test Schedule, Updated Squad-.

India’s five-Test tour of England is heating up with Day 4 of the 2nd Test at Edgbaston,Birmingham—a big moment for our young guns to shine.

Here’s the lineup for India’s 2025 Test tour of England-all matches kick off at 3:30 PM IST

Test       Venue                 Dates

1st Headingley, Leeds  June 20–24 (England won 1–0)  

2nd Edgbaston, Birmingham July 2–6 (Day 4 today) 

3rd Lord’s Cricket Ground,London July 10–14 

4th Old Trafford, Manchester July 23–27 

5th The Oval, London July 31–Aug 4 

Indian Squad for England Tests

(Captain = Shubman Gill, Vice-captain/WK = Rishabh Pant)  

Shubman Gill (c)

Yashasvi Jaiswal

KL Rahul

Sai Sudharsan

Abhimanyu Easwaran

Karun Nair

Nitish Reddy

Dhruv Jurel (wk)

Rishabh Pant (vc & wk)

Ravindra Jadeja

Washington Sundar

Kuldeep Yadav

Shardul Thakur

Jasprit Bumrah

Mohammed Siraj

Arshdeep Singh

Prasidh Krishna

Akash Deep

Note: Harshit Rana was included for Test 1 only 

England Squad for 2nd Test at Edgbaston

Unchanged XI after Headingley win  :

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (vc), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.

BCCI's Flat-Pitch Request

Word is, the BCCI quietly asked the ECB for flatter pitches,they want our young batters to have a fair shot at big scores, not get bounced out on spicy, seaming tracks.

This England tour is the ultimate proving ground for India’s new blood.While  these are not full-strength sides, early dominance at Edgbaston shows promise. Flat pitches could lift the team’s spirits, but grinding it out on tough tracks is what’ll make these guys legends and keep our World Test Championship dreams alive..Personally, I feel this is the right time to test fearless young players. If they perform in england, they’ll earn fans for life,will boost their confidence too.

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