Candidance Confession: Indian cricketers show that when in England comes to mind – ‘Weather, Duke, Coffee’. Cricket news
As India is ready for the first test of the five-match series against England starting on Friday, June 20, the BCCI released a light-hearted video showing the clear and humor side of the squad. In the clip, Indian players, including the newly appointed Captain Shubman Gill, were asked to name three things on thinking about England.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The new Indian team, Stallwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin, who started their journey in the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle, are going through a generational change after the retirement of Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin.
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Players’ answers presented a fresh glimpse in their personality:Shubman Gill, who is the first leading to a full test series, spoke like a true batsman: “A Duke ball. It’s number one. The weather is always changing, which is exciting and hard. And just the atmosphere of the crowd.”KL Rahul praised the attraction of English summer: “England and Test cricket excite me. Outside the sun, the weather is very good, and you get a lot of food options from the field.”Washington Sundar showed his cricket-first mindset: “Swing and Seam. India won a lot of games here.”Watch:Sai reformson said, “Weather, hot chocolate and duke, while Prasad Krishna romantic for a coffee walk:” Duke Ball, The Weather, and just walk in the city with a coffee. “Karun Nair expressed it poetically: “Character, test and culture,” while Yashsvi Jaiswal was more basic: “Beautiful. Of God. House. ,Shardul Thakur also shared a reliable idea: “Greenery, coffee and weather. Just drink coffee on a walk.”
India’s squad for England Test
Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Yashsvi Jaiswal, Kel Rahul, Sai Reformson, Abhimanyu Ezavaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurlel (WK), Washington Sundara, Sardul Tharah, Jaspara Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav.
