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Indian selectors have pre -selected a group of 35 players who could be part of India a squad for the next tour of England. This tour is considered a preparation for the important series of five -game tests against England, which will also be the beginning of the new Indian Test Championship cycle (WTC).
The tour is expected to begin about one week after the conclusion of the IPL 2025 in progress, with the end scheduled on May 27. According to a report by Toi, Test and Captain Hate, Rohit Sharma, is expected to travel with Team A of India.
It is said that the BCCI and national selectors feel that a strong and experienced leader is essential for the next hard tour of England, and that is why Rohit’s retention is not confirmed.
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Shortlists India 35 players for England a tour; Rohit Sharma is likely to continue as captain
Following a bad performance on Australia’s tour, there were many rumors about a possible change in the captaincy of evidence. But now it is likely that Rohit travels with the team as captain after leading the side of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title.
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A BCCI source revealed: “Rohit is likely to travel, as the Council considers that a strong captain is needed through the series, which is probably as hard as Australia’s tour.”
In the meantime, national selectors do not have much faith in Sarfaraz Khan. Instead, they are likely to give the opportunity to sprinkle skateboarding or Karun Nair at Games A.
The source added: “As for the average order, the team’s management has shown very little confidence in Sarfaraz Khan’s ability. Nair and skate are experienced red ball players and are in good shape. At least one of them is likely to be in India in Team.”
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On the other hand, BCCI has not yet decided to return Shreyas Iyer to the test team. He played a test for last February 2024 against England and then left out of the central contracts and the tests to ignore domestic matches with Mumbai side.
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The source added: “As for Iyer, it was dropped last year based on its poor test yield returns. A final call must still be made.” Above all, India will play three four -day red ball games against England Lions after IPL 2025 as part of its preparations for the high -profile tests series.
The U-19 team set for England’s tour before the 2026 World Cup
In the meantime, the U-19 national team will also travel to England to prepare for the World Cup of Children under 19 next year. It is planned that he will play five 50 -year -old games and two non -official testing matches against children under 19 years old at the end of June.
Young talents such as 14 -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi who plays the Rajasthan Royals at the IPL in current 2025, and is likely to be inclined to the template of the England tour.
The World Cup under the age of 19 will take place in January 2026 and will be organized jointly by Zimbabwe and Namibia. The BCCI fountain added: “The boys minor of 19 of India will tour England this summer. The team will arrive in the United Kingdom on June 21.”
