Rohit Sharma, who missed the Mumbai Indians last two matches in the Indian Premier League after sustaining an injury, has been excluded from the teams for the India tour of Australia.
BCCI announced on Monday the rosters chosen by the senior national team panel, led by Sunil Joshi, for three ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests to be played from November 27 to January 19.
“The BCCI medical team will continue to monitor the progress of Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma,” stated a BCCI press release. Ishant, the spearhead of rhythm, returned home from the IPL after injuring himself.
While Rohit and Ishant have concerns about their fitness, goalie-hitter Rishabh Pant has been eliminated from the limited-limit squads. While KL Rahul, who has also been elevated as vice captain of the ODI in Rohit’s absence, is the only goalkeeper in the 50-plus format, he has backing from Sanju Samson, who has retained his place in the T20I squad. .
Rahul also returns to the test team. In the absence of Ishant, Mohammed Siraj has been named as the fifth pacemaker in the Test series in a team of 18.
Varun Chakravarthy in the T20I team
Varun Chakravarthy, the mysterious spinner from Tamil Nadu, couldn’t have timed his first five-course IPL round better as he has earned a first call-up for the T20I team. In fact, he is the only no-limit cricketer to have been selected from three squads.
In addition to the 28 players who will make up the three teams combined, the selection committee has chosen pacemakers Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T. Natarajan to travel to Australia as substitutes.
Squads are
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, Varun Chakravarthy
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
Test equipment: Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (goalkeeper), Rishabh Pant (carrier), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj
Four additional bowlers, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel and T. Natarajan, will travel with the Indian contingent.
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