Leeds, June 20 -- Indian players have exuded confidence in their young and talented squadron to get the job done in England ahead of the series opener on Friday at Headingley, a venue India has not conquered since 2002.

A new sunrise is hours away from engulfing the sky of Indian cricket. The modern-day behemoth will begin its first assignment without the batting bigwigs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who bid farewell to the Test format last month. Along with the batting wizards, crafty offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin pulled the curtain on his international career midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

"It is a new group. We are missing a few senior players, and yeah, it is a young team led by a really young captain," sea...