The five -match Test series between India and England starts from June 20. The Indian team led by Shubman Gill is already in England. Now the players of the team will reach Leeds on June 17, where the first Test match is to be held. Now good news has been revealed for the Indian team before the Test series. Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir will join the team in Leeds on 17 June.

Gambhir’s mother had cardiac arrest

Gautam Gambhir returned to Delhi after his mother was hospitalized on 11 June. In such a situation, Gambhir was absent from the three-day Intra Squad match held between India and India-A at the County Ground in Bekenham. It is believed that since then, the health of Gambhir’s mother Seema has improved a lot. In the absence of Gambhir, Ryan Ten Doshet, Sitanshu Kotak and Morne Morkel kept an eye on the preparations of the Indian players.

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Please tell that Gautam Gambhir’s mother Seema Gambhir was arrested on June 11. As soon as Gambhir came to know about this, he returned to India. During the Gambhir Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, he returned to India due to family emergency. Gambhir will now be less than good news for Shubman Brigade to join the team on England tour.

Please tell that after Gautam Gambhir T20 World Cup 2024, Rahul became the head coach of Team India in place of Dravid. India’s performance in Test cricket in Gambhir’s coaching has not been good. India suffered a 0-3 defeat in the domestic series against Gautam Gambhir’s Under New Zealand. Then he also got a heart-breaking defeat on the tour of Australia.

Gambhir’s international record is like this

Gautam Gambhir said goodbye to international cricket on 4 December 2018. Gambhir scored 4154 runs in 58 Test matches with average of 41.95, including nine centuries. Gautam Gambhir has 5238 runs in 147 ODIs with an average of 39.68 in 147 ODIs. He scored 11 centuries in ODI International. Not only this, Gambhir also performed brilliantly in T20 International matches. He scored seven half -centuries in 37 T20I matches and 932 runs at an average of 27.41, with his average of 27.41.

18 -member Indian team for England tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Rishabh Pant (Deputy Captain/Wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Ishwar, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Karun Nair, Kulne Nair, Kulpadh Singh, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kuldeep, Kulpadh, Kulpadh, Kulpandar, Kulpandar, Kulpadh, Kulpandar, Kulla Yadav

England team for first Test against India: Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Bridon Cars, Sam Cook, Jack Crlay, Ben Docket, Jamie Olon, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Woakes.

Full schedule of India vs England Test series
First Test: 20-24 June, 2025 – Headingley, Leeds
Second Test: 2-6 July, 2025 – Edgbaston, Birmingham
Third Test: 10-14 July, 2025 – Lords, London
Fourth Test: 23-27 July, 2025 – Old Trafford, Manchester
Fifth Test: 31 July -4 August, 2025 – The Oval, London