India, May 25 -- The captain is 25; the youngest player is 22; and the average age of the Indian cricket team that will tour England next month is 27.4 years.Just for comparison, the last time India toured England for a full Test series in 2021, the team's average age was around 29. Shubman Gill, the captain who will lead India into the series next month was part of that team - and among its youngest members at 21. India has been on a path of transition for some time - the team that toured Australia in 2024-25 had an average age of 29.2 years (as a point of reference, the Australian team they faced had an average age of 32.5).

By any measure then, this is a new Indian team, albeit an untested one - the team's average experience is 20.61 ...