The warm-up match between India A and India is said to be a closed-door affair, barring media and broadcasters from the Kent Cricket Club.
India's main team will face India A in a 4-day warm-up match happening now (June 13–16) at the Kent Cricket Club. The match will not be televised or streamed on any platform. As a result, fans will miss the opportunity to see the Indian players in action, unlike the India A vs England Lions 2-Test match, which was available on JioCinema and Hotstar.
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India vs India A: Closed-Door Match, No Broadcast
The BCCI has barred media and broadcasters from accessing the venue to keep the match private. The board has stated that a member of India’s coaching support staff will be available to answer questions at the end of the match.
This closed-door warm-up match was teased before the official announcement of the England tour. The decision came after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where India’s practice sessions were overwhelmed by crowds and attention. Coach Gautam Gambhir felt that the crowd interference had become a distraction during practice.
Now, the BCCI and Gautam Gambhir want this match to be a closed-door affair to finalize strategy and team line-ups.
“June 13–16: Closed intra-squad game. No vision access to Media/Broadcast. On the final day of the squad game, a player/member of support staff will be made available to the media,” the BCCI said in a statement’.
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This match will help confirm India’s batting order such as who will open the innings and by the end of the game, we may also get clarity on where Indian captain Shubman Gill will bat, and whether Karun Nair will return to the middle order. The bowling combinations are also under observation, including who will partner Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, with debutants Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna in contention for those spots.
Stay tuned for more updates on the India tour of England 2025.
India vs India A squads
India: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk/vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
India A: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (vc/wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Harsh Dubey
