New Delhi: Former batting coach Vikram Rathour is expecting a tough England tour for a young Indian side that is now without three stalwarts, who left the Test arena in quick succession.
First it was veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, and then skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli too walked into the sunset, leaving a huge gap.
The Indian men’s cricket team will travel to England next month to take part in a five-match Test series that is set to start on June 20 in Leeds.
The BCCI selectors are set to announce India’s squad for the high-voltage series this week. 25-year-old right-handed batter Shubman Gill is reportedly leading the race to succeed Rohit Sharma as the new captain of India’s Test team after he retired from the traditional format of the game on May 7, but the possibility of Jasprit Bumrah, who was his deputy in the last series against Australia, getting the leadership role can’t be ruled out as well.
Tamil Nadu batter B Sai Sudharsan, who is leading the Orange Cap race in IPL 2025, is all set to earn his maiden India Test call-up, but it remains to be seen if the likes of Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel and Mohammed Shami, who have done well against England in the past, get an opportunity.
Possible squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal , KL Rahul, B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (vice-captain and wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Prasidh Krishna, Shreyas Iyer, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana
