The Indian team is currently on a tour of England. From today, the players are playing a practice match among themselves. This is a four-day match. On the first day, Friday, the players and support staff observed a minute of silence before the start of play and came onto the field wearing black armbands.

Team India will play a five-match Test series in England, starting from June 20. The team has already started its preparations. Before this intra-squad match, Team India played two practice matches against the England Lions. Now, the Indian players will play a match among themselves as part of their final preparations.

Team India wore black bands during the practice match. When the players came out to play, they observed a minute's silence. The support staff also took part in this. All the players wore black bands on their arms. Team India took this step to pay tribute to the victims of the plane crash that happened in Ahmedabad yesterday. An Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff, and all the passengers on board lost their lives. To express grief, the Indian team observed silence and wore black bands.

On Thursday, June 12, Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was flying to London Gatwick, crashed just after takeoff from Ahmedabad. Out of the 242 people on board, only one person survived.

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The BCCI shared photos of the team wearing black bands on social media. The post read, "The players and members of support staff involved in the intra-squad game in Beckenham are wearing black armbands. A minute's silence was also observed today to pay homage to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, as a mark of respect for the lives lost and solidarity with the affected families."

Team India observing a minute's silence to pay homage to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash. pic.twitter.com/B2p5WEL2l0

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 13, 2025

At the same time, the final match of the ICC World Test Championship is being played between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s in England. Today is the third day of the match. In this match too, players from both teams were seen wearing black bands. They also did this to pay tribute to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash.

According to reports, India head coach Gautam Gambhir, flew back to India on Friday due to a family emergency. News agency PTI reported that he returned to attend to his mother, who has been admitted to a hospital in New Delhi due to health issues. The Indian Test team, led by Shubman Gill, is currently in the UK for a five-match Test series against England, which will start on June 20 in Leeds.