With Shubman Gill taking charge of the Test side, India will walk into the all-important five-Test series against England with a fresh squad, with multiple changes from the side that last featured in Australia, amidst the inclusion of fresh faces.
Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur, Sai Sudarshan and Arshdeep Singh all join the red-ball setup for England, which will have a major bearing on how the playing XI shapes up in England.
Squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc, wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
We look at the major takeaways from the 18-member squad announced for the series that will mark the beginning of the new ICC World Test Championship cycle: