The Indian team has reached England for the five-match Test series. On Sunday, the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill, sweated it out. The first Test match will be played in Leeds on June 20. For this, Team India has started preparations under the coaching of head coach Gautam Gambhir.

Apart from the fast bowling quartet of Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh, newly-appointed captain Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja practiced under the guidance of head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gill was made the 37th Test captain of India after the retirement of veterans like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. He is leading a relatively young team that aims to win its first Test series in England since 2007.

The series will start at Headingley followed by Test matches at Edgbaston, Lord's, Old Trafford, and the Oval. Some of the players included in the Indian Test team are currently playing for India A in the second unofficial Test match against England Lions at Northampton. Adrian Le Roux, one of the most respected figures in the field of sports science, has joined the Indian men's cricket team as strength and conditioning coach for the upcoming England tour. He has been included in place of Soham Desai.

With this series, the Indian team will start the new cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC). The Indian team will play against England under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Gill has been made the captain of the Test team in place of Rohit Sharma. Rishabh Pant will be in the role of vice-captain in this series. The first Test of the five-match series between India and England will be played in Leeds from June 20. With this series, India's new World Test Championship cycle (2025-27) will also begin.

Gill is ready for the new responsibility, but the challenge before him is big. Under the leadership of Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir, the Indian Test team has gone through a phase of change and now it will have to deliver results. India has not won any Test series in England since 2007, so the question arising in everyone's mind is whether this Gill-Gambhir pair will be able to end the 18-year drought. India last won a Test series against England in its home in 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. At that time, India was successful in registering a 1-0 win in the three-match series. Since 2007, the Indian team has toured England four times, but could not taste victory.

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