Overview

• Shubman Gill will captain an 18-man squad for five Tests starting June 20, kicking off India’s new World Test Championship cycle after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired
• Selectors have yet to decide on the pivotal No. 4 batting spot, with KL Rahul, Karun Nair and B Sai Sudharsan among the contenders
• Harbhajan Singh has recommended that India play two spinners—Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav—alongside three seamers in the opening Test at Headingley
• An intra-squad warm-up match was halted midway through day three, giving selectors a final chance to evaluate fringe players before departure
• Several key players are chasing milestones: Gill needs 107 runs for 2,000 Test runs, Rahul requires 435 runs for 9,000 international runs, Jadeja is 309 runs short of 7,000 and Siraj is 15 wickets from 200 international wickets