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India tour of England (2025)

As per agarkar top 4 is fixed
Kl
Jaiswal
Sai
Gill
So karun may be at 6
Nothing is fixed at this point. All depends on Practice match.

Karun gone for 204 .

Reddy only scored 7 runs ,seem like his is going through bad form . He failed in the IPL as well.

Thakur scored quickfire 27 .

India A 523/7. :kp
 
India A 557 all out. Good batting performance by batters let's see how bowler perform now. :kp
 
I'm suddenly feeling optimistic about the Eng tour after watching some of the young Indian batsmen score runs.

Hope the ECB won't sneakily change the Duke balls after the pre-series games.
 
Ansul kamboj 5 over ,6 runs and 1 wickets . Rest of the bowling attack looks ineffective so far .

ENG lion's 105/1. shradul Thakur 7 over 21 runs.

:kp
 
Does anyone know what kind of playing XI England are likely to play ? I think they may go with four seamers and NO spinner.
 
Does anyone know what kind of playing XI England are likely to play ? I think they may go with four seamers and NO spinner.
All depends on pitch condition so I'm more interested about what types of pitch they Will provide during this series - Flats or greenish. :kp
 
Mukesh Kumar picking three wickets is not good at all. He is trundler .

England 333/5 . Soldi batting by Tom haines. 142*

:kp
 
They will roll out a green pitch for test series. This is England’s plan to make India select FTB’s for the test series and expose them on real green pitches.
India team selection is mostly fixed. They are just practising now.

I like green mamba over Patta pitches. Bring it on :kp
 
They will roll out a green pitch for test series. This is England’s plan to make India select FTB’s for the test series and expose them on real green pitches.
I don't think green pitch will be rolled out as eng are full of ftb and can't deal with any bowling pitch. Moreover they rolled over the roads in ashes and even against Zimbabwe.
 
I don't think green pitch will be rolled out as eng are full of ftb and can't deal with any bowling pitch. Moreover they rolled over the roads in ashes and even against Zimbabwe.
Maybe lots of draws possible?

But England score at a fast clip though

Whole idea is to bore you into quitting

So they will bat and score 500 plus

Make your bowlers tires

Then batting will be easy but first innings will be crucial.

Need to bat time and grind them to a pulp

This will be a batting shoot out

If you get tired then it’s a problem cause you have to bat time. Batting second then try to bat once
Score big say 650 plus

And then just wait
Maybe last day and day 4 ball will turn and grip.
 
If you get tired then it’s a problem cause you have to bat time. Batting second then try to bat once
Score big say 650 plus

And then just wait
Maybe last day and day 4 ball will turn and grip.
One real issue is our batting inexperience in case of a mammoth total , how much willingness, toughness ,determination our batsmen will have to match that score will be a question. Its a very long tour and kl , gill are not to do with mental toughness. I expect our batting wheels to rip apart by 3rd match.Bumrah will play only 3 matches , so in other 2 eng batsmen definitely make sure of roads and create mayhem. I hope kuldeep plays in case of dry weather and our team management should be flexible.
 
Previous tours of england had excitement due to green pitches and testing the mettle of batsmen with duke balls and spicy wickets. Now they're rolling out flat pitches, not much excitement to watch team play for draw. Spicy pitches define great batsmen and great bowlers.
 
If this is how the pitches will be then it'll be a boring series.
 
If this is how the pitches will be then it'll be a boring series.
But England bat fast

India have skills to do it too but India are more acclimated to this sort of system.

Scoreboard pressure can do tricks. But if India just learn to apply themselves then it will be interesting.

Wouldn’t surprise me if a team reaches 400 in one day

If ball turns on day 4 or early on day 5 then it will be interesting .
 
Typical english pitch for warm up match but they'll roll out flat one for official test match.


They will roll out a green pitch for test series. This is England’s plan to make India select FTB’s for the test series and expose them on real green pitches.

Quite funny that in the exact same thread we've had people complain that the warmup pitch is too green and they'd prepare a flat pitch for the test, and also people complain the warmup pitch is too flat and they'd prepare a green pitch for the test.
 
Previous tours of england had excitement due to green pitches and testing the mettle of batsmen with duke balls and spicy wickets. Now they're rolling out flat pitches, not much excitement to watch team play for draw. Spicy pitches define great batsmen and great bowlers.
It's Just a practice match and most host nation provided Flat pitch in practice matches.
Quite funny that in the exact same thread we've had people complain that the warmup pitch is too green and they'd prepare a flat pitch for the test, and also people complain the warmup pitch is too flat and they'd prepare a green pitch for the test.
Everyone think ,it was greenish pitch after looking at the grass but That grass was dead. I'm not complaining at all .

:kp
 
*England name squad for first Rothesay Test against India*

The England Men’s selection panel has named a 14-player squad for the Rothesay first Test match against India at Headingley, which begins on Friday 20 June 2025.

*England Men's Test Squad:*
Ben Stokes (Durham) – Captain
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Brydon Carse (Durham)
Sam Cook (Essex)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Jamie Overton (Surrey)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Jamie Smith (Surrey)
Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)

Surrey bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton returns to the Test set-up for the first time since earning his sole cap against New Zealand at Headingley in June 2022. The 31-year-old sustained a broken right little finger during the ODI against the West Indies on 29 May but continues to be assessed and reviewed daily by the England medical team.

Durham seamer Brydon Carse and the Warwickshire pair Jacob Bethell and Chris Woakes are included in the squad, having last featured during the Test tour of New Zealand in December.

Surrey’s Gus Atkinson was unavailable for selection due to a right hamstring injury sustained during the recent Test against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.

Ends
*Rothesay Test Series Schedule:*
1st Test: England v India, 20-24 June 2025, Headingley, Leeds
2nd Test: England v India, 2-6 July 2025, Edgbaston, Birmingham
3rd Test: England v India, 10-14 July 2025, Lord’s, London
4th Test: England v India, 23-27 July 2025, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
5th Test: England v India, 31 July-4 August 2025, Kia Oval, London
 
Gautam Gambhir shared following thoughts in a presser today:

"It's just great for domestic cricket. All the youngsters will know its importance. If you keep doing well there, doors are never shut for you,"

"Always good to have the experience of Karun, he played County cricket there and he is in really good form. His experience will come in handy. More importantly, we won't judge someone by one or two Test matches. If someone has scored heaps of runs, he will be given a decent run."

"Anyone can be called. We can only pick 18, the chairman of selectors has already spoken about it. For me it is always about being open to people who are in good form,"

"First of all, I am always under pressure. Regardless of whether I would've won the Champions Trophy or not. Because being the coach, you want the results. It does not change with winning or losing."
 
Great honour for two of the greatest cricketers of all time
 
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After BGT, we now present to you, TAT.

No problem if you name a trophy after 2 of the greatest players from each country.
 
Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Jamie Smith
Woakes
Carse
Josh Tongue
Bashir

This is likely playing 11 for England :kp
 
After BGT, we now present to you, TAT.

No problem if you name a trophy after 2 of the greatest players from each country.
What a crap name.

No disrespect to Tendulkar or Anderson as their longevity goats but couldn't they have come up with a better name?

BGT and Ashes have a nice ring to it. What am I suppose to say for this trophy?

What a super Ti@t for Tat century by Joe root.

Bumrah is nearing 300 wickets, making his TAT's proud.

Root is nearing Tendulkar's record, Will his runs in the TAT cement his legacy?
 
What a crap name.

No disrespect to Tendulkar or Anderson as their longevity goats but couldn't they have come up with a better name?

BGT and Ashes have a nice ring to it. What am I suppose to say for this trophy?

What a super Ti@t for Tat century by Joe root.

Bumrah is nearing 300 wickets, making his TAT's proud.

Root is nearing Tendulkar's record, Will his runs in the TAT cement his legacy?
Indians like it... Why you are having problem... Let them enjoy bro..
 
Tendulkar - Anderson trophy To be unveiled at Lord's during the WTC Final.

TAT >>> WTC Final :kp
 
Tendulkar - Anderson trophy To be unveiled at Lord's during the WTC Final.

TAT >>> WTC Final :kp
Yes which is why TAT is part of the WTC cycle. 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Mashallah what goated knowledge you have about the game. Splendid. I am impressed.
 
I think Batsman vs batsman or bowlers vs bowlers would have better like Warne - Murli, Border - Gavaskar etc. :kp
 
World Cup > T20 world cup > Champion trophy> Ashes= BGT or any 5 match test series between BIg 3 Then WTC. :kp
Wrong, wrong and perpetually wrong on all fronts.
 
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It's your preference because India cant win WTC for the life of em.

You're not fooling anyone.
This is my preference before the first WTC final . It has nothing to do with india .

for me BGT or TAT is over WTC final. :kp
 
This is my preference before the first WTC final . It has nothing to do with india .

for me BGT or TAT is over WTC final. :kp
Lies, lies and more lies.

Anyway im glad you're acknowledging that you're not a good poster who argues facts over figures and simply relies on trolling and emotional trigger feels.

Salut to you sir.
 
2nd unofficial test between India A vs England lions .

England lions won the toss and opt to bowl first .

Chris Woakes, and Josh Tongue are playing this test so good Test for Jaiswal and KL under the cloudy conditions .

:kp
 
Jaiswal is given wrong out lol but don't worry there will be DRS in the series. :kp
 
Apart from Woakes , rest England bowling attacks is not great. But they will give india proper green top during the test series . :kp
Archer may join after 2 or 3rd test.but most of the bowlers are awful.all our batsmen have to show willingness to stick it out.
 
He will score More runs than Tullebaaz Head had scored in the last ashes in England ( 362 runs @36 ) :kp
Why didn't he score more then Head in BGT? Why hasn't he scored a wtc 100 and wc final 100 yet?
 
Why didn't he score more then Head in BGT? Why hasn't he scored a wtc 100 and wc final 100 yet?
Head was playing at home still scored a century in australia . Talk when tulla head scored a century in India. Oh wait head was dropped from test team during last BGT in india 🤣🤣🤣🤣 :kp
 
It's good that Eshwaran Gone for 11 . I don't want him to Play any test in england. :kp
He scored 2 boundaries of edges and anything outside offstump is a disaster for him.cant play seam, bounce but selectors are happy to make him captain like rohit
 
Head was playing at home still scored a century in australia . Talk when tulla head scored a century in India. Oh wait head was dropped from test team during last BGT in india 🤣🤣🤣🤣 :kp
He did score a century in India. Infact he knocked you guys out and had nearly 200,000 Indians run away from the crowd.

I'm assuming you were one of them 🤣

Wtc + wc final century. Make it happen and I'll put jaiswal >
 
He did score a century in India. Infact he knocked you guys out and had nearly 200,000 Indians run away from the crowd.

I'm assuming you were one of them 🤣

Wtc + wc final century. Make it happen and I'll put jaiswal >
We knockout australia back to back ICC tournament and won them 🤣🤣🤣

Jaiswal>>>> Tulla head. :kp
 
What a crap name.

No disrespect to Tendulkar or Anderson as their longevity goats but couldn't they have come up with a better name?

BGT and Ashes have a nice ring to it. What am I suppose to say for this trophy?

What a super Ti@t for Tat century by Joe root.

Bumrah is nearing 300 wickets, making his TAT's proud.

Root is nearing Tendulkar's record, Will his runs in the TAT cement his legacy?

No over ever says BGT on commentary or any professional show. Acronyms are born out of convenience. It’s not always the case.
 
Beautiful beautiful wicket of root, He departs for TAT.

No one is going to say it.
No one called Sachin SRT on commentary.

It’s Tendulkar-Anderson trophy.
Two big players and two big names. Sounds powerful.

What’s this weird obsession with cool sounding acronyms.

This is an honour.

It’s not about having nice sounding names
 
No one is going to say it.
No one called Sachin SRT on commentary.

It’s Tendulkar-Anderson trophy.
Two big players and two big names. Sounds powerful.

What’s this weird obsession with cool sounding acronyms.

This is an honour.

It’s not about having nice sounding names
Brother I'm just joking lol 😆. I even said so. Why are you taking it seriously?

I dont mind it being called Tendulkar Anderson trophy.

Some wanted Tendulkar Hobbs trophy but I think Tenda + Anderson is more fitting due to both possessing a longevity status.
 
Brother I'm just joking lol 😆. I even said so. Why are you taking it seriously?

I dont mind it being called Tendulkar Anderson trophy.

Some wanted Tendulkar Hobbs trophy but I think Tenda + Anderson is more fitting due to both possessing a longevity status.

I know dear.

Maybe sending this message out to others who read.

I know these are long names and some people aren’t even fond of naming series after players. Why can’t it be just India vs England? But the administrators see it differently. Maybe helps to get legends engaged like that with the series and brings a value to test cricket continuity. I’m all for it.

Ideally Sachin’s name should have been associated with someone from his peak era.

I mean Border-Gavaskar, Imran-Kapil made sense because they played each other a lot. Sachin played Anderson in last 40% of his career
 
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