India’s Test Squad For ENG vs IND 2025: 4 Players Who Missed Out Unfairly

The ENG vs IND 2025 test series commencing on 20 June 2025 at Headingley in Leeds will mark the beginning of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. Well, the fans and supporters of the Indian cricket team are already heartbroken as it will be the first time in more than a decade that both the stalwarts of the Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, won’t be a part of the squad in the upcoming ENG vs IND 2025 test series.

Well, if you think that the shock has ended with the departure of these two legendary Indian international cricketers, you might have to rethink as the final list of omissions includes several other prominent Indian cricketers, leaving fans even more stunned.

In this article we will take a look at the top four most prominent Indian players who turned out to be unlucky and couldn’t make it to India’s playing eleven in the upcoming ENG vs IND 2025 test series.

ENG vs IND 2025: Top 4 Most Unlucky Players Who Were Dropped From India’s Test Squad

• Mohammed Shami

Often hailed as one of the most reliable bowlers of the Indian cricket team, Mohammed Shami, who earned enormous praise for his annihilating bowling spell throughout the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, has been shockingly ruled out from the upcoming ENG vs IND 2025 five-match test series commencing on 20 June 2025 at Headingley in Leeds.

The Indian speedster, Mohammed Shami, sustained a major ankle injury in 2024 and still returned to competitive cricket during the IPL 2025 season, which made the complications worse for the bowler. According to his recent medical reports, Mohammed Shami wouldn’t be able to handle the workload required for the series and isn’t considered medically fit to be a part of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming five-match test series against England.

• Shreyas Iyer

At the second spot in our list of the top four most prominent Indian players who turned out to be unlucky and couldn’t make it to India’s playing eleven in the upcoming ENG vs IND 2025 five-match test series, we have the right-handed batsman Shreyas Iyer, who was recently appreciated for his dominant batting spell at the Ranji Trophy 2025 season.

Well, with the major transition of the Indian cricket team after the sudden retirement of stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the selectors of the Indian cricket team are undoubtedly left with no room for experimentation. In one of his most recent interviews, the chief selector of the Indian cricket team, Ajit Agarkar, stated that while Iyer has performed well in domestic cricket and limited-overs formats, “there is no room for him in Test cricket” at the moment.

• Axar Patel

Next, at the third spot in our list of the top four players who will be missing from India’s Test Squad in the upcoming ENG vs IND 2025 test series, we have one of the finest and most reliable all-rounders of the Indian national cricket team, Axar Patel, who was also a part of the Indian squad in the home series against New Zealand in 2024.

According to reports, the formidable all-rounder Axar Patel has been omitted from India’s Test squad for the upcoming 2025 England series, primarily due to fitness concerns. In the ongoing IPL 2025 edition, Axar Patel sustained a major hand injury and was also forced to miss out on multiple matches in the latter half of the tournament. Unfortunately, Patel has been dealing with multiple health issues ever since and therefore has been omitted from the India’s Test squad for the upcoming 2025 England series.

• Harshit Rana

Finally, at the fourth spot in our list of the top four most prominent Indian players who turned out to be unlucky and couldn’t make it to India’s playing eleven in the upcoming ENG vs IND 2025 test series, we have another Indian spearhead bowler, Harshit Rana, who undoubtedly showcased his dominance with the ball during his maiden test series against Australia.

Harshit Rana made his Test debut during the 2024–25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Although initially the selectors of the Indian cricket team were a bit undefined about Rana’s inclusion in India’s squad, he fought the odds courageously and proved his unwavering dominance to the selectors with a successful bowling stint at India’s 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, where he was included as a replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah.

Although Harshit Rana has received enormous appreciation from both fans and selectors of the Indian cricket squad, his official inclusion in the India’s test cricket squad still seems to be a far-fetched dream.