Updated: November 9, 2020 6:50:00 pm
Virat Kohli will return after the first test, Rohit Sharma will return to the test team (Source: AP)
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli received paternity leave from the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) and will miss the second and third tests against Australia in January. He will return to India after the first test in Adelaide.
Meanwhile, the All India Senior Selection Committee decided to let Rohit Sharma rest for the ODI and T20I series to regain full fitness. However, he has been included in the Indian test team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He suffered a hamstring injury last month while playing for the Mumbai Indians in the current 2020 Indian Premier League. He missed four games for the 2020 IPL finalists in Mumbai, as Kiron Pollard led the team in their absence.
The Selection Committee has added Sanju Samson as an additional goalkeeper to the ODI India team. Indian senior fast bowler Ishant Sharma has been in rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Once he makes a full recovery and is fit enough for the match, he will be added to the India test team.
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been dropped from the T20I series due to a shoulder injury. The selectors have named T Natarajan as a replacement.
Indian senior goalkeeper Wriddhiman Saha suffered injuries to both hamstrings during his team’s IPL match on November 3. A call about their availability will be answered later.
Young fast bowler Kamlesh Nagarkoti will not be able to travel to Australia as he is still working with the medical team on managing his bowling workload.
The squads reviewed are as follows:
India T20I Team Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice captain and goalkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (goalkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.
India ODI Team Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice captain and goalkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohdeep Yadaumv, Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (goalkeeper).
India team test kit: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (carrier), Rishabh Pant (carrier), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj.
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