Cricketers from various IPL franchises will make up the Team India Test series squad for the June to August tour of 2025. Star cricketers from top franchises will hope to transfer their remarkable skillset from franchise cricket into the sport’s longest format. India is on schedule for a five-game Test series across three English cities, and the team hopes to return victorious.
Let’s check out the list of IPL 2025 stars selected to take part in the IND vs ENG 2025 Test series and how they performed in this season.
1. Shubman Gill (Captain, India and Gujarat Titans)
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill is set to take up added responsibilities as the new Test team skipper. Gill dropped a batting masterclass at IPL 2025 with 650 runs in 14 league matches. The talented batsman drove home five 50s and three 100s in this season alone.
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 14 | 14 | 649 | 104 | 46.36 | 149.31 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 34 |
He is a consistent top-order performer and has risen through the ranks in recent years to become a reliable starting batsman.
2. Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper-Vice-Captain, Lucknow Super Giants)
Pant endured an underwhelming season at IPL 2025 but still made India’s Test lineup to tour England.
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 14 | 13 | 251 | 100 | 19.30 | 132.33 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
He scored 251 runs in 14 matches with 21 fours and 12 sixes this season.
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal (Opener, Rajasthan Royals)
Jaiswal had a breakout season with the Indian Test team when they met Australia Down Under for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024/25.
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 14 | 14 | 592 | 67 | 42.28 | 145.06 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 27 |
He features in the lineup to England after smashing home 592 runs for the Rajasthan Royals at IPL 2025.
4. KL Rahul (Middle-Order, Delhi Capitals)
KL Rahul returns to India’s middle-order batting lineup after registering 539 runs so far across 12 innings at IPL 2025.
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 12* | 12 | 539 | 103 * | 48.09 | 132.15 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 23 |
5. Sai Sudharsan (Opener, Gujarat Titans)
GT opener Sudharsan enters India’s Test batting lineup on the back of a remarkable 638 runs in 14 innings at IPL 2025.
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 14 | 14 | 638 | 108 * | 55.91 | 148.05 | 1 | 5 | 70 | 30 |
6. Ravindra Jadeja (All-Rounder, Chennai Super Kings)
CSK’s top all-rounder Jadeja makes the squad with remarkable run-scoring and wicket-taking abilities. However, fans are weary of his high concession rate (238 runs conceded in 9 bowling innings) this season.
| Matches | Innings (Bat) | Runs | HS | Bat Avg | Bat SR | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 9 | 9 | 189 | 53 | 31.50 | 125.00 | 1 | 24 | 12 |
| Innings (Bowl) | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Economy | |||
| 9 | 30 | 238 | 10 | 3 for 27 | 7.96 |
7. Washington Sundar (Spin All-Rounder, Gujarat Titans)
Sundar brings his impressive wicket-taking abilities (16 wickets in 36 overs at IPL 2025) to the India Test team vs England. He will be one of the side’s major stars as they aim to snatch an upset against their hosts.
| Matches | Innings (Bat) | Runs | HS | Bat Avg | Bat SR | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 12 | 12 | 142 | 51 | 35.50 | 127.27 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| Innings (Bowl) | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Economy | |||
| 12 | 36 | 268 | 16 | 4 for 27 | 7.45 |
8. Shardul Thakur (Pace All-Rounder, Punjab Kings)
| Matches | Innings (Bat) | Runs | HS | Bat Avg | Bat SR | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 12 | 9 | 105 | 54 | 15.00 | 132.00 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Innings (Bowl) | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Economy | |||
| 12 | 42 | 348 | 14 | 3 for 30 | 8.32 |
9. Jasprit Bumrah (Lead Fast Bowler, Mumbai Indians)
Bumrah took more wickets than any other Indian cricketer last year and is set to represent the Test squad after bagging 17 wickets so fat in this season.
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
| 14 | 48 | 421 | 17 | 4 for 19 | 24.76 | 7.68 | 25.50 |
10. Mohammed Siraj (Pace Fast Bowler, Gujarat Titans)
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
| 11 | 44 | 402 | 15 | 4 for 32 | 26.80 | 7.45 | 17.60 |
11. Prasidh Krishna (Pace Fast Bowler, Gujarat Titans)
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
| 14 | 54 | 535 | 25 | 4 for 27 | 21.40 | 7.31 | 12.96 |
12. Akash Deep (Pace Fast Bowler, Kolkata Knight Riders)
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
| 11 | 42 | 339 | 12 | 3 for 22 | 28.25 | 8.10 | 21.00 |
13. Arshdeep Singh (Pace Fast Bowler, Punjab Kings)
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
| 14 | 48 | 425 | 19 | 4 for 25 | 22.36 | 7.56 | 15.26 |
14. Kuldeep Yadav (Left-Arm Spinner, Delhi Capitals)
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
| 13 | 45 | 372 | 15 | 3 for 18 | 24.80 | 7.70 | 18.00 |
Reserves at IPL 2025 Make the Squad
Four (4) players made the Test squad to England without making any significant input to their respective campaigns at different IPL franchises. Cricketers like Abhimanyu Easwaran (Rajasthan Royals), Karun Nair (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), Nitish Reddy (Lucknow Super Giants), and Dhruv Jurel (Rajasthan Royals) are part of the Indian contingent to England.
