Cricket News Desk. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the new Test captain of Team India. The head of Team India’s selection committee and former Indian all -rounder Ajit Agarkar declared Shubman Gill as the new captain of India by holding a press conference in Mumbai. Jaspreet Bumrah, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant were also in the race for captaincy, but team management, head coaches and selectors have expressed confidence in this young player. He will be seen forwarding Rohit Sharma’s magnificent heritage in England. The Indian team will tour England for the five -match Test series, which will begin at Leeds Cricket Stadium from June 20.

At around 12.30 pm, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Devjit Saikia, Indian team selectors Ajay Ratra, Subrata Banerjee and Ajit Agarkar arrived for the meeting. Significantly, Rohit Sharma suddenly said goodbye to Test cricket on 7 May. It was believed that he would play in the series against England, but he announced his decision by writing a passionate message on Instagram. A few days later, when Virat Kohli also decided to retire, people were surprised.

Announcing the captain’s name, Ajit Agarkar said that Shubman Gill will remain the captain of the team and Rishabh Pant will be the vice -captain of the team. Along with this, he said that I do not think that Jaspreet Bumrah will be available for all matches. Regarding the retirement of Virat Kohli, the chief selector said that he had given information about his retirement in April itself. At the same time, he said that Shami’s MRI has been done. It does not fit perfectly.

Indian cricket team will tour England
Rishabh Pant (vice-captain)
Shubman Gill (Captain)
Yashasvi Jaiswal
KL Rahul
Sai Sudarshan
Abhimanyu Ishwan
Karun Nair
Nitish Reddy
Ravindra jadeja
Dhruv jurael
Washington beautiful
Shardul Thakur
Jaspreet Bumrah
Mohammad Siraj
Famous Krishna
Arshdeep Singh
In the depth of the sky
Kuldeep Yadav

India vs England Test Series program
June 13: India vs India A, Beckenham
June 20: India vs England, Leeds
July 2: India vs England, Birmingham
July 10: India vs England, Lords
July 23: India vs England, Manchester
July 31: India vs England, The Oval