India has appointed Shubman Gill as its new Test captain for the England tour.

 Shubman Gill has been appointed the new captain of India's Test team. The announcement was made by Ajit Agarkar, India Men's chairman of selectors, on Saturday while unveiling the squad for the upcoming five-Test series in England, slated to begin in June. Rishabh Pant has been named as Gill's deputy.

Agarkar clarified that Jasprit Bumrah, who has led India in Tests before, was not considered for captaincy as he is unlikely to play all five matches in England due to workload management.

India's 18-member squad for the England tour includes maiden Test call-ups for Sai Sudharsan and Arshdeep Singh alongside recalls for Karun Nair and Shardul Thakur. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami, Sarfaraz Khan, Harshit Rana and Devdutt Padikkal don't find a place.

Full squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc, wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav

Gill's elevation to Test captaincy marks the beginning of a new era in Indian cricket, coming in the wake of Rohit Sharma's retirement from the format. Alongside Rohit, who had led India since February 2022, fellow stalwarts Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin have also bid farewell to Tests since the start of India's last Test series