IND vs ENG: What time will England vs India 1st Test start? What are the session timings?

KL Rahul bats during a nets session at Headingley, Leeds in England. (AP/PTI)
England and India are set to begin their five-match Test series with the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy on June 20 at Headingley, Leeds, marking the start of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle for both teams.
The match will run from 11:00 AM local time (3:30 PM IST), with India entering a new era without retired Test veterans Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and R Ashwin.
LIVE: India vs England 1st Test Day 1
The series marks a significant transition for India as Shubman Gill takes over the captaincy, aiming to guide the team to success in English conditions. Both teams finished in the top five of the previous Test Championship cycle, with India securing third place and England finishing fifth.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel.
SUBSCRIBE NOW!
Both teams are approaching the series at full strength, with no reported injuries. England's lineup will feature Ollie Pope batting at number three, while Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue will spearhead the pace bowling attack.
For India, the series marks the return of Karun Nair to Test cricket after an eight-year absence. Captain Shubman Gill will take the number four position in the batting order.
India vs England 1st Test session timings
The day's play will be divided into three sessions. The first session will run from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM UK time (3:30 PM to 5:30 PM IST), followed by a lunch break until 1:40 PM (6:10 PM IST).
The second session will commence at 1:40 PM and continue until 3:40 PM UK time (6:10 PM to 8:10 PM IST), after which players will break for tea until 4:00 PM (8:30 PM IST).
The final session of the day will begin at 4:00 PM and conclude at 6:00 PM UK time (8:30 PM to 10:30 PM IST).
Session
UK Time (BST)
India Time (IST)
First Session
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
5:30 PM – 6:10 PM
Second Session
1:40 PM – 3:40 PM
6:10 PM – 8:10 PM
Tea Break
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM
8:10 PM – 8:30 PM
Third Session
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here

Try Our AI Features

Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:

Learn with AIFact CheckingText to SpeechAI Summary

Related Articles

Hans India

13 minutes ago

• Hans India

1st Test: Rahul, Sai Sudharsan fall on stroke of lunch as India reach 92/2

Leeds: India were well on their way to outrightly win the first session's play, but KL Rahul and B. Sai Sudharsan falling in six balls at the stroke of lunch meant the visitors' reached 92/2 in 25.4 overs on Day One of the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series at Headingley here on Friday. For an hour and 54 minutes, India were running away with this session, all thanks to Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal sticking to the basics of batting well in England – being patient, leaving the balls well, and cashing on real loose deliveries, resulting in some superbly-middled drives, to share a brilliant 91-run opening stand. But with Rahul and debutant Sudharsan falling softly for 42 and zero respectively, India squandered their well-earned advantage, allowing England to go into the lunch break with some happiness despite the hosts being made to toil hard for 90% of the time in the session. Though Jaiswal is unbeaten on 42 not out, he and new skipper Shubman Gill have a good resurrecting job to do. Pushed into batting first, Jaiswal got India's first boundary of the series by prodding forward and defending with soft hands to take a boundary through gully off Chris Woakes. He grew in confidence with every drive, either going through mid-off or in the arc between cover and backward-point. On the other hand, after getting a boundary off a thick outside edge, Rahul began showing his sublime cover-driving skills – pressing forward and then leaning into the drive off Chris Woakes for four. England's desperation for a wicket was so huge that they burnt a review when Josh Tongue trapped Jaiswal, who was hit earlier on the ribs by Carse, lbw with an inswinger, but replays showed the ball pitching outside leg-stump. England not attacking stumps much meant they didn't have the precision to stop Jaiswal and Rahul from playing the glorious straight and cover drives, though a few attempted drives did fly over the slip cordon. Apart from slashing and driving off Stokes on consecutive balls, Rahul was picture-perfect in his cover drive – front foot towards the pitch of the ball, getting down on one knee, and playing with a high elbow. But with Carse finding some late movement, Rahul had to stand up to defend against him and then shouldered arms against a full and wide delivery. But against a full and wide outswinger, Rahul couldn't resist the temptation and went for a drive, but nicked to the first slip, leaving the batter livid. One brought two for England as Sudharsan faced instant baptism by fire – surviving an lbw appeal first ball, edging his second delivery past the slips, and coming close to flicking down the leg-side on the third ball. But on the very next ball, the nervy Sudharsan again flicked down the leg-side but was caught by the keeper leaping to his right and departing for a four-ball duck off Stokes, as those two dismissals totally changed the session's outlook from all things India to shared one. Brief scores: India 92/2 in 25.4 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 42 not out, KL Rahul 42; Ben Stokes 1-20, Brydon Carse 1-23) against England

United News of India

16 minutes ago

• United News of India

Bavuma ruled out of Zimbabwe Tests due to injury

Cape Town, June 20 (UNI) South Africa's title-winning captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series against Zimbabwe due to a left hamstring strain. Keshav Maharaj will takeover as the captain for the red-ball series starting from June 28. Bavuma sustained the injury during day three of the World Test Championship Final at Lord's while batting in the second innings. He continued to bat with pain and put on a fight with a well-made half century, stitching up a match-winning partnership with Aiden Markram. Bavuma is set to undergo further scans to assess the extent of the injury, while experienced Maharaj will lead the side, which consists of five uncapped players. The Proteas had faced Zimbabwe in a warm-up fixture, before taking on Australia for the Ultimate Test at the Home of Cricket, where they were crowned the Test champions, an ICC report said. Proteas will take on Zimbabwe in the first Test on June 28, followed by the second Test from July 6, with both matches taking place at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. South Africa Test Squad against Zimbabwe: Keshav Maharaj (c), David Bedingham, Matthew Breetzke, Dewald Brevis, Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Kwena Maphaka, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Lesego Senokwane, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Verreynne and Codi Yusuf. Fixtures 28 June-02 July, First Test, Bulawayo 06-10 July, Second Test, Bulawayo. UNI BM

India.com

18 minutes ago

• India.com

IND vs ENG: Sai Sudharsan Makes Test Debut; Joins Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly In THIS Unique List

Sai Sudharsan was handed his maiden Test cap ahead of the first Test between India and England at Headingley, Leeds on June 20, Friday. Sudharsan got his Test cap from Cheteshwar Pujara before the start of the play on the opening day of the five-match series for the newly-minted Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. With this, Sai joined an elite of Indian greats - Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli - who also made their Test debut on the same date, June 20. While Ganguly and Dravid made their Test debuts in England in 1996 in the same match, Kohli was handed his first Test cap in the West Indies in 2011. The 23-year-old Sudharsan was in sensational from for Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2025 season, winning the Orange Cap, having scored 759 runs in 15 matches. However, Sai didn't have great start to his Test career as he got out for a duck in his first innings. He was caught down leg in Ben Stokes' over before the lunch. Sudharsan, who has scored 1,957 runs at 39.93 in 29 first-class matches with seven centuries and five fifties, will look to make his mark in the second inning of the ongoing Test. IND vs ENG, 1st Test: Toss, Playing XI And More Earlier, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in the first Test of the five-match series for the newly-minted Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Apart from Sai Sudharsan's Test debut, seasoned middle-order batter Karun Nair also made his come back into the India's playing XI after a long wait of eight years. Playing XIs India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah. England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.