India vs England Test Series 2025 : The Indian team has to play a 5 -match Test series against England, which starts from June 20. Team India has started practice for this Test series. However, the Indian team’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has returned to his home before the commencement of the Test series. Actually, Gautam Gambhir’s mother is not feeling well and has been admitted to the hospital in New Delhi. In such a situation, it is believed that in the absence of Gautam Gambhir, BCCI has asked VVS Laxman to take over the responsibility of the team. Laxman has also taken over the command of Team India earlier. In such a situation, it is also important to know how their record is there.
VVS Laxman gets important responsibility
Team India has reached England and is currently playing a 4-day Intra-Squad match against India A. VVS Laxman is already present in England and according to the report, he will have to play an important role till Gambhir returns to England. VVS Laxman has also done his work as the head coach of India U19 and A team.
Laxman is currently with the India U19 team in which many young players have been included. This team has to play 7 matches against the England U19 team. These matches will be played from 17 June to 23 July and for this reason Laxman was also with the team in England. The good thing for the Indian team is that the veteran has a lot of coaching experience and the senior team will get to learn a lot from them. Laxman, who is the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), has been constantly associated with Junior and A teams. Last year too, when a team of Team India went to play T20 series in South Africa, he still played the responsibility of coaching.
Statistics as the coach of VVS Laxman
This is not the first time that Gill and Laxman will be seen working together. Earlier, both of them have worked together in Zimbabwe tour. VVS Laxman was also present in England during the practice match. As the head coach of VVS Laxman, Team India won the T20 series 3–1 in South Africa. He then won the 4–1 series in Zimbabwe. In the Asian Games, India also won Laxman’s coaching. In New Zealand, he also defeated the host while performing a bang. However, if he takes responsibility this time, then this will be the first time when he will coach the Test team.
Gautam Gambhir may return on 20 June
According to the report, Gautam Gambhir can return to Team India on 20 June. The Test series between India and England is starting from June 20. Talking about Team India, brilliant batsman Shubman Gill has been appointed as captain, while Rishabh Pant has been given the responsibility of vice -captain. It will be necessary to see how soon Team India can understand the situation of England. For some time, his record has been very poor in Test cricket in England. But now they need to improve all their figures.