- The new WTC cycle will begin with the England tour (IND vs ENG), where India will play a five-match Test series against English players. The five-match Test series will be played in June 2025.
IND vs ENG: India’s WTC 2024-25 cycle will end after the Border Gavaskar Trophy. After this, the new cycle will start with the England tour, where India has to play a five-match Test series with English players. The five-match Test series will be played immediately after the WTC final i.e. in June 2025 next year. There will be a lot of changes in this series. Many new faces can be seen in the Indian team. Also, a 34-year-old promising player will also be seen playing for India for the first time. Now who is this player, let’s know
IND vs ENG This player will get a place in the Test series against England
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In fact, if Team India reaches the final in the current WTC cycle. Even if it does not reach the final, this will be the last Test series for the senior players of the Indian team. This means that this could be the last series for the current BGT Rohit, Virat, Ashwin and Jadeja. The reason for this is that these four players will not be able to play the WTC 2025-27 cycle due to their age.
In such a situation, it is difficult for these players to play Test cricket in the future. If this happens, then the responsibility of forming India’s Test team will be on the shoulders of BCCI, which will start with the Test series against England (IND vs ENG). That is why many new faces are going to be seen. Yuzvendra Chahal’s name is also included in this.
Yuzvendra Chahal will get a chance
It is known that Yuzvendra Chahal has played many matches for India in limited overs. But till now he has not played any match for India in red ball cricket. His not playing red ball matches is a bit surprising. Because Chahal’s leg spin has shown excellent performance many times in first class cricket. If we talk about Chahal’s first class cricket career, then Chahal has taken a total of 115 wickets in 41 matches in first class cricket.
Took 9 wickets in a single match
Yuzvendra Chahal had shown good performance in the county. He took a total of 9 wickets with spin. In this match played in England (IND vs ENG), Chahal took 9 wickets for 99 runs against Derbyshire. This was the best bowling performance of his career. Chahal is a good and wicket-taking bowler in Test cricket, due to which the selectors can give him a chance for the Test series against England in June.