3 Indian Players Didn’t play single game England tour: The fifth and last Test of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played at the Oval. It is very important for Team India to register a win here in order to level the series.
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Indian players: In this match, the Indian team is batting first, as captain Shubman Gill once again lost the toss and England captain Ollie Pope chose to bowl first. There was a lot of talk about the change in Team India’s playing 11 and it was seen the same.
Indian players: The Indian team has come out with four changes in the match. Rishabh Pant, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah and Anshul Kamboj are not playing. Dhruv Jurel, Karun Nair, Akashdeep and Prasidh Krishna have replaced them.
On this tour, players like Anshul Kamboj and Sai Sudarshan made their debut for India, but there were some players who did not get a chance to play a single match and the entire tour was spent on the bench. In this article, we are going to mention 3 such players. We have not included N Jagadeesan, as he was selected as Pant’s replacement even before the last match.
3 Indian players: Abhimanyu Easwaran
Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran has once again faced disappointment. Easwaran did not get a chance to play a single match in the five-match Test series on the Australia tour before the England tour. A similar situation prevailed in England as well and Easwaran was seen on the bench throughout the tour.
2 Arshdeep Singh
Left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was also selected for the England tour. It was expected that given Arshdeep’s experience in the county, he might get a chance to debut during the series but it did not happen. Arshdeep was injured before the fourth Test. However, there were reports of his debut in the fifth match but this did not happen and he was disappointed.
1 Kuldeep Yadav
KULDEEP YADAV MISSED OUT ONCE AGAIN IN THIS TEST SERIES Vs ENGLAND…!!!!! 🥺
— Tanuj (@ImTanujSingh) July 31, 2025
– Kuldeep Yadav didn't play a single Test Match in this series. pic.twitter.com/RGecOPXFzn
India bet on spin all-rounders in all the matches on the England tour, due to which a strong spinner like Kuldeep Yadav had to sit on the bench. It was expected that Kuldeep would get a chance in the last match but it did not happen. Due to the pitch and overcast conditions, India ignored Kuldeep again. In this way, he also did not get a chance to play in a single match on the England tour.