In an exciting development, India’s young batting sensation Shubman Gill has been announced as the new captain of the Indian Test team. The significant decision came ahead of the much-awaited five-match home Test series against the England cricket team, which will mark the beginning of a new World Test Championship cycle. The highly anticipated series between India and England is scheduled to kickstart from 20th June.
Shubman Gill Replaces Rohit Sharma As India’s New Test Captain
Shubman Gill has taken over the reins by replacing Rohit Sharma, who recently resigned from Test captaincy. The much-awaited Test series between England and India will officially mark the start of a new era in red-ball cricket under the leadership of Shubman Gill and following the retirement of Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli. These players played a significant role in the success of the Indian cricket team in Test cricket in the past few years. In the absence of these players, the Indian cricket team is all set to undergo a major transformation.
Shubman Gill has been selected as the Test captain ahead of the names like Jasprit Bumrah, who has already captained the Indian cricket team three Tests, including two matches in the absence of Rohit in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and Rishabh Pant, who has impressed one and all with his batting heroics in the white jersey.
At 25 years of age, Shubman Gill has become one of the youngest players to hold the position in recent years. Gill has captained the Indian cricket team for a T20I assignment in Zimbabwe in 2024, however, he still lacks experience in the red-ball format. Currently, Gill is captaining the Gujarat Titans team in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League.
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Apart from this, Gill has captained the team in only 5 first-class games. He has been serving as the vice-captain of the Men in Blue in the white-ball format. He was also the vice-captain of the team India’s epic Champions Trophy campaign in the UAE in February 2025.
Talking about his performance with the bat, in Test cricket, Shubman has amassed 1,893 runs in 32 games. He has slammed five centuries and has played several match-winning knocks.
Meanwhile, as soon as the BCCI announced the big news, social media started buzzing with amazing reactions to it. From memes to tributes, fans started hailing Shubman Gill for his latest achievement.
Check out how fans reacted to the big news:
Shubman Gill ( C )
Sai Sudharshan
Washington Sundar
Mohammed Siraj
Prasidh Krishna– Enough of Mumbai lobby, it's time for Gujarat lobby to takeover. 🥶🔥
CAPTAIN GILL ERA BEGINS pic.twitter.com/cyphClaBs4
— Ahmed Says (@AhmedGT_) May 24, 2025
Congratulations Sir Shubman Gill
CAPTAIN GILL ERA BEGINS pic.twitter.com/oVnLzHwZCh
— Rohan. (@rohannnnnnnnnn7) May 24, 2025
CAPTAIN OF INDIA 🇮🇳
SHUBMAN GILL ERA BEGINS! #ShubmanGill pic.twitter.com/tPMaHC2oeP
— . (@Ha_mai_adwaith) May 24, 2025
Shubman Gill named India’s new Test captain.
The 25-year-old takes over from Rohit Sharma
CAPTAIN GILL ERA BEGINS ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mkXHcV5SoS
— Shubman Gill Fc (@ShubmanGill7fc) May 24, 2025
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BCCI POSTER FOR CAPTAIN SHUBMAN GILL 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/QQmnizjiCt
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 24, 2025
Shubman Gill team ko England jaate huye dekhte huye Sarfaraz Khan #TeamIndia #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/polodVWIN2
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) May 24, 2025
India squad for England Test series:
Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), 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, Kuldeep Yadav.
India vs England 2025 Test match schedule :
1st Test, 20-24 June 2025 – Headingley, Leeds
2nd Test, 2-6 July 2025 – Edgbaston, Birmingham
3rd Test, 10-14 July 2025 – Lord’s, London
4th Test, 23-27 July 2025 – Old Trafford, Manchester
5th Test, 31 July – 4 August 2025 – The Oval, London
