Test Match: England vs India
The five-Test series between India and England has started from Leeds. This time Team India has entered the field with new captain Shubman Gill. Where the Indian team is batting first.The first match of the five-Test series between India and England is being played in Leeds. This match has started a new chapter for Team India and now the command of the team is in the hands of Shubman Gill. Under the leadership of Shubman Gill, Team India’s batting looks quite inexperienced. However, the team has the support of head coach Gautam Gambhir who recently made India the champion in the Champions Trophy. In this match, Team India is batting first after losing the toss.
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IND Players
Yashasvi Jaiswal
KL Rahul
Sai Sudarshan,
Shubman Gill (c),
Rishabh Pant †,
Karun Nair,
Ravindra Jadeja,
Shardul Thakur,
Jasprit Bumrah,
Mohammed Siraj,
Prasidh Krishna
ENG Players
Zak Crawley,
Ben Duckett,
Ollie Pope,
Joe Root,
Harry Brook,
Ben Stokes (c),
Jamie Smith †,
Chris Woakes,
Brydon Carse,
Josh Tongue,
Shoaib Bashir
Match details
| Match details | |
| Headingley, Leeds | IND vs ENG 1st Test |
| Toss | England, elect to bowl first |
| Series | India tour of England ICC World Test Championship |
| Season | 2025 |
| Match No. | Test No. 2587 |
| Hours of play | Kick off 11.00, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Finish 18.00 |
| Test debut | Sai Sudarshan |
| Umpires | Chris Gaffaney Paul Reiffel |
| TV umpire | Sharfuddollah |
Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy
The five-match Test series between India and England is starting today in Leeds. This series has been named Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The toss of the first match will be at 3 pm and the first ball will be bowled at 3:30 pm.
England has the upper hand
England has won four Test matches against India in Leeds, while Team India has won two. One Test match was a draw. Talking about the last Test, the Indian team lost by an innings and 76 runs in Leeds. Team India could score only 78 runs in the first innings.
Bumrah is close to a big record
If Jasprit Bumrah takes 5 wickets against England, he will become the first Asian bowler to take 150 wickets in SENA countries. Currently Wasim Akram is number 1 in this list with 146 wickets.
Sai Sudarshan’s debut confirmed
Sai Sudarshan’s Test debut is confirmed. There are reports that he is going to play the Leeds Test. He will be India’s 317th Test player. The special thing is that on June 20, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly also made their Test debut.
India lost the toss
Team India has lost the toss in the Leeds Test. England decided to bowl first. The big news is that Karun Nair will be seen playing Test after 8 years. Sai Sudarshan has been made to debut. The team has given a chance to Shardul Thakur in place of Nitish Reddy.
India vs England 1st Test
The first Test match between England cricket team and Indian cricket team starting today is to be held at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. Talking about this ground, the batsmen will get a lot of opportunities to score runs on the pitch here and looking at the pitch that has been prepared, it seems that a big score can also be set, but the reality is that fast bowlers have dominated here and Team India will have to stay away from their fear, the same applies to England batsmen.
The role of spinners will be negligible here but the fast bowlers will not only get good swing on this pitch but there are full chances of getting excellent bounce as well. Fans can also see many bouncers, some of which can prove to be very dangerous. The highest score in an innings at Headingley Cricket Ground is 653 runs which Australia made against England in 1993, while the lowest score is 61 runs which is recorded in the name of West Indies when England’s bowlers wreaked havoc in 1948. The record of winning while chasing the biggest target in a Test match on this ground is registered in the name of the Australian team when they won by scoring 404 runs against host England in 1948.
The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 304 runs. The history of Leeds ground has witnessed 81 Test matches in which 37 matches have been won by the host team, while 25 matches have been won by the visiting team. Here the team batting first has won 29 matches, while the team batting later has won 34 matches. Talking about the toss, 31 times the team that won the toss has won at Headingley. At the same time, 32 times the team that lost the toss won.