IND vs ENG Match Preview- 1st Test, India Tour of England 2025
Published - 19 Jun 2025, 01:53 PM | Updated - 19 Jun 2025, 02:00 PM
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India will be up against England in the first of the five-match Test series. The IND vs ENG Match Preview provides today's match details for the 1st Test of the India tour of England 2025.
IND vs ENG Match Preview- 1st Test, India Tour of England 2025:
Date and Venue:
The IND vs ENG match will be played from June 20-24 at Headingley. The game will start at 3:30 PM IST.
Squads:
India
Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana
England
Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes
IND vs ENG Key battles:
KL Rahul vs Brydon Carse
KL Rahul's form will be crucial for India's chances of winning their first series in England after more then a decade.
Rahul will be up against Brydon Carse, who was in good form in the recently concluded ODI and T20I series against West Indies.
Shubman Gill vs Jamie Overton
Shubman Gill the newly appointed Indian Test captain will hope to have a good start to his tenure both as acaptain and as a batter.
Gill will face the challenge of Jamie Overton who is making a comeback into England's Test team after a gap of nearly three years.
Joe Root vs Jasprit Bumrah
The battle between Root and Bumrah will be a mouth watering one as both players are in megnificent form coming into the series.
Root has started the home season on the right note while Bumrah has also picked up rythm after recovering from a back injury.
Harry Brook vs Mohammed Siraj
Harry Brook has a fantastic record in Test cricket and would want to keep up the good workwhen he takes the field in the first Test of the match series against India.
Brook will have to tackle the pace of Mohammed Siraj, who is making acomeback into the team after missing the 2025 Champions Trophy.
IND vs ENG Key Players:
IND- KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
ENG- Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jamie Overton, Shoaib Bashir
IND vs ENG Weather Report:
There are no chances of rain during the game in Leeds with a maximum temperature of 28°C and a minimum of 15°C.
Conclusion
India would like to continue their domination over England in the longest format of the game, having not lost a series against them since 2021.
As far as England is concerned, the Ben Stokes-led side would hope to reclaim the IND vs ENG series trophy, which has eluded them for a few years.
Also Read: IND vs ENG Live Streaming in India, Live Telecast- 1st Test, India Tour of England 2025
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