The name of the Indian team and the new Test captain for the England tour can be announced on Saturday. The selectors can also announce the team on the same day. However, a shocking revelation has been made in media reports. According to the Indian Express report, veteran bowler Mohammed Shami can be kept away from this tour. Arshdeep Singh and Haryana's Anshul Kamboz can get a chance in his place. Kamboz is already included in the India-AT going on England tour.

The Indian Express has reported in one of its reports that Shami, playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad, has bowled short spells or maximum 10 overs at the international level after returning from injury. In such a situation, the BCCI medical team has told the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar that Shami is not ready to bowl many overs with full energy in the Test match. In such a situation, there is doubt over his selection. Shami has not been able to do anything special for the Sunrisers this season either. He played nine matches this season and took only six wickets. Shami conceded runs at an economy rate of 11.23.

The newspaper quoted a source saying, 'Shami is bowling four overs for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, but the board and selectors do not know whether he can bowl more than 10 overs in a day. Test matches in England may demand long spells from fast bowlers and we cannot take any risk.' The report claims that left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh may get a chance to play his first Test match during this series. Haryana's right-arm fast bowler Anshul Kamboz, who has taken 74 wickets in 22 first-class matches, is also one of the candidates to replace Shami in the team. Kamboz has already been selected for India A's tour of England. Kamboz can also bat in the lower order.

The National Selection Committee will meet in Mumbai on May 24 and only then the name of the new captain and the team can be announced. Shubman Gill is leading the race to become the captain, while Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant are also in this race. Most of the players selected for the England tour can be the same players who went on the Australia tour. However, there can be a twist or two in it or new names. Apart from Arshdeep and Kamboj, Sai Sudarshan and Karun Nair can also get a chance. Nair scored 863 runs in nine matches in the Ranji Trophy. This includes four centuries. At the same time, he scored 779 runs in eight matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. This includes five centuries.

This could be the probable team for the England tour: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Sai Sudarshan, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Shardul Thakur / Anshul Kamboj, Kuldeep Yadav.

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