Gill, 21, will make his Test debut and replaced Prithvi Shaw, who scored 0 and 4 in the two innings of the first Test. Interestingly, Shubman played under Prithvi Shaw’s captaincy in the 2018 ICC U19 World Cup which India won.
Pacemaker Mohammed Siraj it will also make its debut in Test. Got the go-ahead before Navdeep Saini to replace Mohammed shami, who was presumably previously ruled out of the rest of the series with a fractured wrist, although there has yet to be official confirmation of this from the BCCI.
All terrain Ravindra Jadeja, who did not participate in the last two games of the T20I series, was also included in the XI after recovering from a concussion and a hamstring injury.
Seeking to boost the batting order, the selectors also included Rishabh pants in place of goalkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who battled the bat at the Adelaide Test.
India playing XI in the second test:
Ajinkya Rahane (captain)
Mayank Agarwal
Shubman gill
Cheteshwar Pujara
Hanuma Vihari
Rishabh Trousers (gate keeper)
Ravindra Jadeja
R Ashwin
Umesh Yadav
Jasprit bumrah
Mohd. Siraj
In the absence of Kohli, Rahane could hit No. 4 while Vihari could rise to No. 5. Shubman is expected to open innings with Mayank Agarwal.
Cheteshwar Pujara will be the vice captain of the Indian team.
India is currently trailing Australia 0-1 in the 4-game series, after losing the first game of the series, the Adelaide Day / Night Test by 8 wickets in three days.
Here are some reactions after India playing XI was announced
Thread. The Indian team for the second test is an admission that they were wrong in many things in the first test. Especially… https://t.co/C4qppiB1fv
– Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 1608878401000
If Shaw had to be out and Gill in, a similar replacement for Kohli (if possible!) Was Rahul. But in… https://t.co/aNMh5OckD5
– Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 1608878403000
This is a great statement of confidence in some players and in the approach to playing a test series. I will be very… https://t.co/UyOeerImav
– Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 1608878403000
@BCCI Why Pant, why not Rahul … will give some force in the higher order
– KD 🕉 (@Sarojlenka) 1608876516000
@BCCI I think India has not decided the batting order, especially who will start, or else they should have given a… https://t.co/FQLE9vT9ZN
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 1608877904000
@BCCI given the circumstances, this seems like a good side where Gill and Siraj have a chance to show their t… https://t.co/Z4ZxVGOXF2
– Sunandan Lele (@sunandanlele) 1608876649000
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