India tour of England, 2025  – ENG vs IND Match Prediction: Today’s 1st Test – Betting Tips, Head to Head, Captain Choices, Predicted Playing XI & Injury Updates 

ENG vs IND Prediction for  India tour of England, 2025  1st Test Preview: The India tour of England, 2025  will kick off today with Modern Indian squad taking up on the home side England, marking it as their first test series of the WTC 2025-2027 Cycle. The series between the two starts today at Headingley, Leeds and then will move to Edgbaston, Birmingham and across different cities in London for another four Test matches.

This is the fresh beginning of a fresh journey for both the teams. India has a new captain and a younger team, while England is also missing legends like Anderson and Broad. But the excitement around the series is high with stars like Joe Root, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja all ready to shine. Headingley is known for drama, crazy comebacks, surprise wins and moments that don’t go by the book and is a perfect place to start the new era of Indian Cricket.

England on the other side has their aggressive, ‘Bazball’ style, and India will rely on Bumrah’s world class bowling to fight back. With a new trophy named after Anderson and Tendulkar, this series has history and fresh energy all rolled into one.

India head into the match as favorites with their past h2h records and a solid all round performance. Meanwhile, England with a good number of wins and form and home advantage on their side away, will be hungry to make a bold statement making it tie with IND. With lessons learned from season’s disappointment, fans can expect to see an intense and competitive opener between the two. The ENG vs IND match is scheduled at Headingley, Leeds  on Friday 20th June starting at 3:30 PM IST. 

ENG vs IND Match Details, 1st Test Match  India tour of England, 2025 

England vs India Head to Head Records(Last 5 Years)

ENG vs IND  India tour of England, 2025  Last 5 Match Record

ENG vs IND Weather and  Pitch Report

Pitch Report

Headingley, Leeds  has been a bowling friendly pitch that favors bowlers and especially the pacers along with this it also shows some assistance to the batters as well. When the pitch is new and fresh, batsmen can take the most out of it. However, Batting second on this ground has been the favorable option on this ground as the team batting second have won 34 out of 81 matches. Looking at the average first score, the team batting second has a higher chance of winning the game. The surface will not be a traditional green-top but is expected to offer a fair contest between bat and ball. The pitch is likely to retain moisture early on before flattening out, making a first-innings total of around 300 a strong benchmark.

Weather Report

ENG vs IND 1st Test  India tour of England, 2025  Ground Stats

ENG vs IND  Predicted Playing XI

England Playing XI(Announced): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

ENG vs IND Team News and Players Injury Update

No injury has been reported as far for the upcoming match, when they will be made available we will update here.

ENG vs IND Team Squad

England Squad:

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir, Jamie Overton, Samuel James Cook, Jacob Bethell

India Squad:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana

ENG vs IND Today Match Prediction: Today Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

 India tour of England, 2025  is one of the popular domestic T20 cricket leagues among the fans and fantasy platform. As the tournament has already started, fans are trying to find out the best possible combination on fantasy platforms. Hence, we have made an easy Captain and vice captain choice for you that would help you to earn points for your today teams for small and grand leagues.

• Yashasvi Jaiswal
• Joe Root
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Jasprit Bumrah

Who will win the ENG vs IND 1st Test of the  India tour of England, 2025 

As per our analysis and game stats and recent matches and squad of these two teams there is a high probability of IND to win this match. Although the winner can be entirely attributed to the ground stats and its records. So as per the ground stats the chances of team batting second are high, so the chasing team will likely win the 1st Test Match of the  India tour of England, 2025  League. However, with cricket’s unpredictable nature and ENG’s batting firepower, this match could go either way. So please analyze on your part and then invest.

Who will win Today’s toss between ENG vs IND 1st Test 

As we head into the 1st Test of the  India tour of England, 2025  between England and India, all eyes would be on the Toss, which could play a crucial role in shaping the game. Looking at recent matches and toss winnings, India (IND) appear more likely to win the toss today. Winning today’s toss could give them an advantage and early edge, especially with their current unbeaten form in the tournament.

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