The Indian cricket team departed from Mumbai Airport on Friday for England to play a five-match Check sequence as a part of the 2025-27 ICC World Check Championship cycle. This marks India’s first bilateral Check sequence following the latest retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from Check cricket.The sequence will happen between June and August 2025, with matches scheduled throughout 5 venues: Headingley in Leeds, Edgbaston in Birmingham, Lord’s and The Oval in London, and Outdated Trafford in Manchester.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The Indian staff is presently in transition, with Shubman Gill assuming captaincy duties following the departure of senior gamers R Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli from Check cricket.
A number of Indian gamers had already arrived in England earlier to take part in warm-up matches representing India A in opposition to the England Lions. The remaining squad members will arrive within the UK on Friday.India A are presently engaged in a three-match unofficial Check sequence in opposition to the England Lions. The primary match concluded in a draw, with the second unofficial Check starting on Friday, June 6, on the County Floor in Northampton.England have introduced their squad for the opening Check at Headingley, that includes important modifications from their earlier 4-1 Check sequence defeat in India. Notable absences embrace retired pacer James Anderson, whereas Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes, and Ollie Robinson have been dropped.India’s Check squad Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav.England squad for first Check: Ben Stokes (Durham, captain), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Sam Cook dinner (Essex), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), and Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).
