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India vs England 2025 Test Series: Full Indian Squad Announced, Shubman Gill Named Captain

India has announced its squad for the 2025 Test series vs England. Shubman Gill will lead the side as captain, marking a new era after Kohli, Rohit, and Ashwin retirements. Full team details and key talking points inside.

Harsh Chopra
Last updated: 24.05.2025
Indian Test Team for England Tour 2025

The Indian team for the highly anticipated England tour has been announced. There will be 5 Test Matches in this tour and the series will start from the 20th of June. Before this series, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirements from Test Cricket. This meant that this is the start of a new era of Indian Test Cricket. 


Let’s look at the Indian Team for the Test Series vs England

India vs England test series 2025 squad players list

Shubman Gill – Captain 


BATTERS

Yashasvi Jaiswal 

Sai Sudharsan 

Abhimanyu Easwaran

Karun Nair 

KL Rahul 


WICKET KEEPERS

Rishabh Pant (VC)

Dhruv Jurel 


ALL ROUNDERS

Shardul Thakur 

Nitish Kumar Reddy 

Washington Sundar 

Ravindra Jadeja


FAST BOWLERS 

Jasprit Bumrah 

Arshdeep Singh 

Akash Deep 

Prasidh Krishna 

Mohammad Siraj 


SPINNERS

Kuldeep Yadav 



Talking Points from the Team

  • Shubman Gill has been selected as the 37th Test Captain for India. He is the fifth youngest test captain for Team India.

  • Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the vice captain of the team.

  • Karun Nair has got a call up to the Indian test team after 7 years.

  • Arshdeep Singh has been given a maiden call up to the Indian test team.

  • Mohammad Shami and Shreyas Iyer have not been picked in this team owing to injury concerns and form.

  • Jasprit Bumrah will not play all the 5 Test Matches in England. He will play either 3 or 4 Test Matches in the series.

  • Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar will be the spin bowling all rounders. Kuldeep Yadav will be the lone specialist spinner.

  • Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are the only batters in this team to score a hundred in England.

  • Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad SSiraj , Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep will be the fast bowlers for India in England.

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