This will the first Test match for India following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the longest format.
India captain Shubman Gill will bat at No. 4 in the first Test match against England starting on Friday, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant confirmed on Wednesday.
Pant also said that he will continue to bat at No. 5, and shared that the team is yet to decide who will come in at No. 3.
“I think there is still discussion going on, who’s going to play at No. 3 but definitely 4 and 5 are fixed. I think Shubman is going to bat at No. 4 and I’m going to stick to No. 5 as of now, and the rest, we’re going to keep on discussing about that,” Pant told reporters at a press conference in Leeds.
Pant also said he maintains a wonderful relationship with Gill on and off the field.
“I think me and Shubman have a really good camaraderie off the field. If you’re good friends off the field, it eventually comes on the field as well. That is something I’ve always believed,” he noted.
“Me and him, we gel really well together. We keep on having conversations and the kind of comfort zone we have with each other, I think that is really going to be special for us.”
This will the first Test match for India following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the longest format.
Gill will have a huge task of shouldering the responsibility of batting at No. 4, which was previously occupied by Kohli, who scored 7564 runs at the position.
The 25-year-old Gill’s only prior experience of captaining India was during a five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in July 2024.
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