It is the transition period of Indian cricket. The Indian team will be playing in a new era when they have an opening in the first Test of the five-Test matches that will be played between them and England at Headingley, Leeds. The game will be a real turning point in India as the Indian stalwarts, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin have retired from the Test format. Their loss will be a new era and a chance for the new generations to draw their own history. Sai Sudharsan has gotten his chance in the Indian team with his consistent performances.
Instead, captaincy in this match has been given to Shubman Gill, and he will come out to bat in the crucial spot of No. 4. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been given the responsibility of opening the innings, and this is the first top-order partnership of India. The most talented left-handed batter, Sai Sudharsan, makes his debut for the team and will be at the batting order No. 3. Sudharsan makes his debut as the 317th player to represent India in Test cricket, and this is bound to be a promising career. Remarkably, he was capped in Tests in the hands of experienced batter Cheteshwar Pujara.
It is a special date in Indian cricket history. Both Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly got their Test debuts against England on June 20, 1996, whereas Virat Kohli got his debut against the West Indies on June 20, 2011. There is also a new face in the new-look team in Karun Nair, who is returning to the red ball format after an 8-year break. Nair, who had hit a double hundred for India A against the England Lions in a recent game, is a right-hand batsman, and he will now come to bat at Number 6.
Rishabh Pant will fill in the No. 5, coming back as a wicketkeeper-batter. Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur are the other players who are the all-rounders of the team, which gives them depth and balance in the playing XI.
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