Rohit Sharma’s Indian men’s cricket team will go to England next year for a series of five Test matches. The first game is planned for June 20 at Headingley in Leeds. The second Test will happen from July 2 to 6 at Edgbaston in Birmingham, and the other three matches will be at Lord’s (July 10–14), Manchester (July 23–27), and The Oval (July 31–August 4).
The BCCI announced the locations and dates for these games on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, August 22.
India has not won a Test series in England since they beat the team led by Michael Vaughan in 2007. On that trip, India, led by Rahul Dravid, beat England by seven wickets in the second Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
During India’s most recent Test tour of England in 2021-22, they won the second and fourth Tests at Lord’s and the Oval, but lost in Leeds and Birmingham, missing the opportunity to win a Test series in England.
India’s upcoming series against England in 2024 will kick off the 2025-27 World Test Championship season.
India has faced England in every edition of the WTC up to now. During the 2019-21 season, Virat Kohli’s team beat England 3-1 on home soil. In the 2021-23 season, the series was tied at 2-2 in England. In the 2023-25 season, under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, India won four of the five home Tests against England in 2024, securing the series victory with 4-1 .
India’s tour of England in 2025
MATCH DATES VENUE
1st Test June 20-24 Headingley, Leeds
2nd Test July 2-6 Edgbaston, Birmingham
3rd Test July 10-14 Lord’s, London
4th Test July 23-27 Old Trafford, Manchester
5th Test July 31-August 4 The Oval, London
India has not won a cricket match in Leeds since 2002, and it will be a significant challenge for the team led by Rohit Sharma to outperform England in the first match of the series at Headingley. This famous location in Yorkshire has been a successful place for the home team in recent years. England has won all of the last five cricket matches played at Headingley.
In the most recent match between India and England at Headingley in August 2021, the team led by Joe Root beat India by an innings and 76 runs.
