India announced the squad for England on 24th May 2025 and Shubman Gill was appointed as the captain. This is the beginning of a new era for the Indian cricket team and exciting times are ahead for all cricket lovers across the country.
While Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma have already drawn curtains to their Test career, this is a big opportunity for a lot of new cricketers. The likes of Karun Nair, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sai Sudarshan would be the key players to watch out for in this series.
Whenever an Indian Test squad is announced, there are a lot of debates and talks about the ones who could not make it.
In this article, we take a look at 3 Indian players who deserved a place in the IND vs ENG squad:
1. Cheteshwar Pujara
As the Indian batting order lacks experience post the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, drafting in an experienced campaigner like Cheteshwar Pujara could have solved a lot of problems.
With his sterling defence and his ability to bat for long hours, Pujara could have thwarted the threat posed by the menacing England bowlers. He has a fairly good average in England and it stands at around 40. He also has 5 hundreds and 7 fifties in England and could have been a great choice.
2. Shreyas Iyer
Perhaps the one player who deserved a post, the most, was Shreyas Iyer. He has been consistently delivering the goods in domestic cricket and could have solved India’s middle-order conundrums.
He is a potent middle-order batter and could have added a lot of depth to the Indian cricket team side.
3. Axar Patel
One of the biggest match-winners of India, Axar Patel, was left out of the Indian Test squad for the 5-match Test series in England. Patel has bagged 55 wickets in Test cricket and has mustered 646 runs.
He could have improved the balance of the side as he is a match-winner in both the departments.
