England vs India Dream11 Prediction: India tour of England 2025, 1st Test

The new World Test Champions Cycle 2025–2027 kicks off for England and India with the 1st Test scheduled for June 20, taking place at Headingley Stadium, Leeds. A new era for the Indian Test team is set to begin under the leadership of Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir.

India has made a major shuffle to their batting line-up with the absence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, and now Sai Sudharsan and Karun Nair are set to replace them. In the bowling department, either Arshdeep Singh or Prasidh Krishna will make their debut in the first Test.

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Meanwhile, England retain their strongest batting line-up, with Jamie Smith starting in the first Test. However, with key bowlers like Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson out due to injuries, England’s bowling line-up looks relatively new with Josh tongue and Brydon Carse. Chris Woakes stands out as the most experienced bowler in the squad. Led by Ben Stokes, England will enjoy the home advantage, but India have breached that before, making this match an exciting contest.

Before we go further, take some time to check out the fantasy team prediction, pitch report, and predicted playing XI for England vs India – 1st Test, India tour of England 2025.

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The first impression of the surface was revealed as it has a grassy top over a dry base, and a bit of overcast will make this a bowling-friendly surface for the first two days. Meanwhile, if the sun is out, the surface could get hard and become good for batting. Currently, the weather prediction says it’s bright, sunny days in Leeds.

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Coming to the behaviour, the grassy top will help the bowlers with some swing using the new ball. These kinds of surfaces tend to get better for batting as the ball gets older. The team that wins the toss would prefer to bowl if there are overcast conditions, or else choose to bat if the sun is out. The average first innings total at Leeds is 298.

England vs India: Predicted Playing 11

England 

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.

India

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna/Arshdeep Singh,

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