The BCCI, on Monday, announced the test team for the upcoming Australian tour and delivered calls to RCB closers Mohammad Siraj and Navdeep Saini, shutting out the all-rounder Hardik Pandya. However, there was no place for Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma due to their nursing injuries.
With the India team scheduled to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in just over a month, BCCI announced on Monday a 15-man test team for the four-game series against Australia. Surprises on the team were few and far between, but among the notable inclusions on the team were Royal Challengers Bangalore closers Navdeep Saini and Mohammad Siraj. While the assignment to Australia will be Navdeep Saini’s second consecutive SENA tour, having been part of the New Zealand India tour earlier this year, Siraj, meanwhile, will return to the Indian team after nearly two years. , having last met as a part of the team against the Windies in 2018.
But while both Saini and Siraj will be preparing to wear the whites, one person who will not be associated with the Test side is the all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who the selectors left out of the Test team. Pandya, who underwent back surgery towards the end of 2019, last played an audition in 2018 and doubts about his ability to bowl have meant that his involvement with the Indian team on the Australian tour will be limited. to colored clothes. KL Rahul, on the back of his IPL exploits, has also been called up to the Test squad as a backup starter, though the side already has three of them.
The board also did not name Ishant Sharma to the team. The 32-year-old sailor, who spearheaded the Indian attack in the 2018 series, is currently recovering from injury, but has been named to the squad provisionally and will join the rest of the group undergoing a fitness test as announced by the BCCI. . The same has also happened with Rohit Sharma. Doll spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who was overlooked for New Zealand, was also named as part of the team, due to his impressive performance in Australia a couple of years ago.
Barring the aforementioned changes, the players who will board the plane to Australia will be the ones who were part of New Zealand’s 2-0 beating earlier in the year. Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujar, and Ajinkya Rahane and Umesh Yadav have retained their places, as have spinners Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, and the rhythm trio of Umesh Yadavum Jasrahprit Shami Bom. and Mohammad. Contrary to reports, skipper Virat Kohli will lead the team despite expecting the birth of his first child towards the end of the tour.
The BCCI has also confirmed that four additional bowlers, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T. Natarajan, will travel with the Indian contingent.
India team test team: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar, Ajinkya (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Bumrah, Mohd . Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj
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