Members of India reached England in England on Sunday with a squad led by Abhimanu Ishwar, who was ahead of his matches against Lions of England starting on June 3. As a part of the tour, India will play two first-class matches against England Lions in Cantorbury and Northampton on 30 May and 6 June, before concluding their outings with an intra-skit match against Team India in Bekenham on 13 June. Pesar Tushar Deshpande posted a picture with Ruturaj Gikwad, Tanush Kotion, Dhruv Jurlel, Yashsvi Jaiswal and captain Abhimanu, captioned “Work Crew”.
The team will be led as Abhimanyu Ishvaran, which has been a domestic cricket stallwart for Bengal, with 101 first -class games, 7,674 on an average 48.87, 27 centuries and behind it at 7,674 runs at the average of 29 fifty. He made a disappointing tour for Australia last year, where he scored just 36 runs in four innings.
Batsman Shubman Gill and Sai Reformson will join the squad before the second match. Currently, they are serving as backbones of Gujarat Titans (GT) batting line-up.
The Dream Domestic season for Vidarbha Star Nair concluded with an 863-run season in 2024-25 Ranji, with an average of 53.93, four centuries and two half-centuries in 16 innings in nine matches. His best score of 135 came in the final, and his team became victorious.
A major attraction of his season was Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day Tournament, where he scored 779 runs in nine matches and a brilliant average of 389.50 in eight innings and a strike rate of 124.04 with five centuries and fifty and fifty and 163*with a strike rate of 124.04. He played a big role in his team’s final in the final, where he lost to his former team Karnataka.
In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 competition, Nair scored 255 runs in six innings, on an average with 42.50, three half -centuries and 77 best scores at a strike rate of 177.08. His team was knocked in the quarterfinals.
This strong performance has ruled the expectations for an India call-up for Nair, which was last played for India in 2017. Nair was the only test triple Centurion for India after the legendary opener Virender Sehwag.
The regular opener of the Indian team, Yashsvi Jaiswal, who has been an integral part of the top order since its debut in 2023, will also play a match. He also had a memorable border-gavaskar trophy for India and was one of his brightest places with 391 runs in five matches, with two half-centuries in a century and 10 innings.
In addition, wicketkeeper-daughter Dhruv Jurlel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Pesar Akash Deep, who had some promising outings during the ICC World Test Championship Cycle 2025-27 against England and Australia, are included in the squad. The strongest artist of these has been Nitish, who launched a surprising test in Australia, with 298 runs in a average five matches in a century in a century in a century boxing day test in Melbourne.
Jurael has played four Tests for India, scoring 202 runs on an average of 40.40 with fifty. He also shone for India with some concrete demonstrations against Australia in Australia last year. In addition, Ishan Kishan, who returned to the Central Contract for Cricket for Cricket in India this year after excluding it last year, has been linked as a second wicketkeeper-batter option with Jurlel. Ishaan has played two Tests for India, scoring 78 runs in three innings, including a fifty.
Sharadul Thakur, who has given some battle for England, especially three half-centuries, out of which the ICC World Test Championship came in the final against Australia, returning his way in the set-up after a dream Ranji Trophy season, scored 505 runs in nine matches with a century and 35 witch on an average of 22.62.
Sarfaraz Khan, who has played six Tests for India, has scored 371 runs with a century and three fifties, and Ruturaj Gikwad, who has played 6 ODIs and 23 T20I for India, will also target to make a mark with his performance.
Among the bowlers, Akash, who has taken 15 wickets in seven tests for India, will test his bowling under English conditions, which are suited to pacers.
Other bowlers include pacers Mukesh Kumar, Anshul Kamboj, Left-Arm Khalel Ahmed, Tushar Deshpande and Spin Bowling All-rounders Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotion and Harsh Dubey.
In particular, Harsh played an important role in Vidarbha’s Ranji campaign, with 476 runs (including five fifties) with the ‘tournament player’ award and a record with 69 wickets for his side.
Ansul (four wickets in six matches) and Khalil (14 wickets in 12 matches) are a part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowling line-up.
Pacer Harshit Rana, who has represented India in all formats, is also in the squad. He has represented India in two trials, takes four wickets, and has 10 wickets in five ODIs for India and three wickets in secluded T20I for India.
Bharat A Squad: Abhimanyu Izavaran (C), Yashsvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurael (VC) (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (WK), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar Ruturaj Gaikwara, Sarfaraj Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey.
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