Dale Steyn predicts India to lose 2-3 to England in five-match Test series

The former South African seamer and cricketing analyst Dale Steyn has predicted England to win the five-match Test series against India by 3-2, the series that is scheduled to start on June 20 at Headingley, Leeds.

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It is important to note that the upcoming five-match Test series is set to be a part of the new World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Furthermore, Steyn asserted that fans might expect a lot of close matches, but there will be no drawn games.

“All games will be close. But all will have a result. I think it will be 3-2 in favour of England. There will be a result in every Test match. There will be no runaway win for any team, all five games will be very close,” Steyn said on JioHotstar.

With the veteran duo Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma bidding adieu to the longest format of the game, the BCCI selection committee has announced Shubman Gill as the new Indian Test captain, with Rishabh Pant being the vice-captain for the five-match overseas tour.

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It is worth noting that England picked up victories in 15 out of 20 games played at home under the head coach Brendon McCullum with their famous and aggressive Bazball approach. 

India’s Test squad for the five-match Test tour vs England: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (vc & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.

England Test squad for the first Test vs India: Ben Stokes (Captain), Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.

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