♦ Indian batter Shubman Gill was appointed India’s 37th captain of the Indian men's Test cricket team on 24 May 2025.

♦ He succeeding Rohit Sharma who retired from the five-day format on May 7.

♦ Gill is set to make his Test captaincy debut against England in Leeds on June 20 in the first match of a five-match series.

♦ Gill has played 32 Test matches since his debut against Australia in Melbourne on December 26, 2020.

♦ He has scored 1893 runs, including five centuries and seven half-centuries.

♦ While Rishabh Pant has been chosen as vice-captain in Test cricket.