After all the speculations, the India team has finally been handed over the debut cap (317) in the first Test match against England at Headingley. Unfortunately, Abhimanyu Easwaran has been sidelined. Cheteshwar Pujara, the middle-order wall for so long in India, is now touring England for the commentary responsibilities. And he was summoned by the team to hand over the Test cap to the Tamil Nadu prodigy. Earlier, Sai had already earned his T20 and ODI cap. And today, with the Test cap donning him, the cycle completes. Notably, he was the orange cap winner in the 2025 IPL, representing Gujarat Titans, that too with Shubman Gill as the captain for the side. Well, Ben Stokes representling and leading England won the toss and decided to bowl first. For India, the team is going with three pacers; Shardul Thakur comes back. Shubman Gill confirms that Sai will bat at 3 and Karun Nair returns to the team. However, Gill too wanted to bowl first, but he seems ready with the situation. A bit precise to the mic, he answered that his boys are having a good mood in the nets. Here's what the captains said in the toss: Ben Stokes: We'll bowl. Headingley is a very good cricket wicket, we've had some really good games here. Want to try and use the early conditions. Been a long time coming, bit strange that this is just the second series but we're ready. It's been mixed, some lads have played county cricket, we've had three days of really good cricket. Usual suspects in the top seven, Woakes, Brydon, Bashir, Tongue and myself make up the bowling. Shubman Gill: Would've bowled first as well, might be a bit tough in the first session but it should be good to bat on later. Sun is out, should be a good batting deck for us. Preperation has been amazing, we played a practice game in Beckenham, lads are feeling great. Sai makes his debut, Karun comes in. Sai will bat at three. Read also: Karun Nair set to rejoin Karnataka India's playing XI for the first Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj #TeamIndia's Playing XI for the 1st Test 🙌Sai Sudharsan makes his Test Debut 👏👏Updates ▶️ https://t.co/CuzAEnBkyu#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/r4UkgH2pZ4 — BCCI (@BCCI) June 20, 2025 England's playing XI for the first Test: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, James Smith, Chris Wokes, Josh Tongue, Brydon Carse, Shoiab Bashir