AUSTRALIA INDIA TOUR 2020-21
Virat Kohli has been granted paternity leave. © BCCI
India’s captain Virat Kohli will return home after the inaugural day and night test in Adelaide, after BCCI decided to grant paternity leave to the future father. The decision means that India will play three of the four Border-Gavaskar events, in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, without their batting talisman.
Ajinkya Rahane, the designated vice captain, who previously captained Australia and Afghanistan, will likely lead the red ball team.
Meanwhile, ending a dead end, the All India Senior Selection Committee decided to add Rohit Sharma to the test team while granting her break from the cue ball stage of the tour to facilitate her full recovery from a hamstring discomfort detected in the 2020 IPL.
In a press release, BCCI revealed that its medical team had been monitoring Rohit in the United Arab Emirates after the injury sustained on October 18 forced the Mumbai Indians captain to miss four games at the same time the team was chosen. team for the Australian tour.
Fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who was also temporarily out of the team, is rehabbing at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru after an abdominal muscle tear ruled him out of the 2020 IPL. Achieve match fitness, the statement reported .
T. Natarajan replaces Varun Chakravarthy in the T20I team
The mysterious spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who had earned his first selection to the national team for the T20Is by virtue of his great performance in the IPL, has been ruled out of the series with a shoulder injury. The selection committee has decided to replace him with left-arm closer T. Natarajan, who was previously named only among the reserve pool of net pitchers.
However, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, who was also on the reserve, will not be flying to Australia as he is still working with the BCCI medical team on managing his workload. The 20-year-old star of India’s 2018 U-19 World Cup victory has suffered from a chronic back injury and only recently returned to active cricket and played 10 games for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Don’t call Saha; Samson added to ODI team
Meanwhile, the board has decided to take a wait-and-see approach with Test senior goalkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who has suffered injuries to both hamstrings during an IPL clash against the Mumbai Indians. The 36-year-old last played a test at home in Kolkata against Bangladesh with Rishabh Pant preferred in the overseas assignment in New Zealand.
The Selection Committee has also added Sanju Samson as a substitute goalkeeper to the ODI team.
The India tour of Australia begins with three ODIs starting on November 27. They will be followed by an equal number of T20I and four tests, which will culminate on January 19.
Squads reviewed:
T20I 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.
ODI 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).
Test equipment: 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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