Gautam Gambhir visits Kamakhya temple in Guwahati to hunt blessings for England tour-OxBig News Network

Indian cricket workforce head coach Gautam Gambhir visited Maa Kamakhya temple in Guwahati to hunt blessings forward of the upcoming tour of England. India are set to play towards England in a five-match Test collection starting from June 20, which can even mark the beginning of the World Test Championship 2025-27.

The England tour can even be the primary project for India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill, who took over the reins from Rohit Sharma, following his retriemrn from the longest format. Ahead of the tour, Gambhir was seen providing prayers on the temple amid tight safety.

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The England Test collection holds utmost significance for Gambhir as underneath his tenure, India haven’t discovered success within the longest format. They misplaced towards a house collection after 12 years towards New Zealand and had been whitewashed 0-3 for the primary time on house soil.

Furthermore, the workforce additionally did not retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, shedding the five-match collection by 1-3 and did not qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) ultimate for the primary time of their historical past. The horrendous efficiency led to a serious transition within the workforce as captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin have retired from Tests within the aftermath of back-to-back collection loss.

Hence, Shubman Gill will be leading a young side in England with Rishabh Pant as his deputy. Sai Sudharsan and Arshdeep Singh have earned their maiden Test call-up whereas Karun Nair and Shardul Thakur have made their comebacks. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan, Harshit and Mohammed Shami did not discover a place within the workforce.

India could have a troublesome job of difficult England as they’ve just lately climbed to the second spot in ICC Test rankings after collection victories over West Indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Zimbabwe prior to now 12 months.

India’s squad for England tour: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk) (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.