The series, which will also signal the start of the WTC 2025–27 cycle for both teams, is quickly approaching, and great fast bowler Dale Steyn has declared that Stokes & Co. will win.
Dale Steyn ruling makes it abundantly evident that India under Shubman Gill is incapable of triumphing under the difficult circumstances of the United Kingdom. He predicted that England would win the series with a 3-2 record and that there would be no games that ended in draws.
England will host India for a five-match Test series, with the opening Test at Headingley in Leeds on June 20. India has discovered a new captain in Shubman Gill, who will be leading the English team in red-ball internationals for the first time in his career, while Ben Stokes, the captain, leads the pack.
Every game is going to be close. But everything has a conclusion. In my opinion, England will win 3-2. Each Test match will have an outcome. All five games will be quite close, and no team will have a decisive victory,” Dale Steyn stated on JioHotstar.
Preparation of the Indian team for the England series
Regarding the Indian team’s latest pre-series preparations, they were presently participating in an intra-squad game at the Kent County Cricket Ground in Beckenham. The game’s standout, Sarfaraz Khan, scored 101 runs off 76 balls before being retired. In the meantime, KL Rahul and Indian captain Gill both achieved half-centuries in a private match.
Having said that, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna each claimed two wickets in the practice match, while Jasprit Bumrah was wicketless on Day 2. India A finished Day two at 299-6, with Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur at the crease, despite scoring 459 runs in the first innings.