Allrounder Hardik Pandya has misplaced his place in India Test squad and won’t be thought-about for future red-ball squads except he can begin bowling at full tilt once more. The message to Pandya appears to be clear that he’s not required in the Test workforce purely as a batter.
On Friday, BCCI named a 20-man squad for the tour of England the place India will first cross swords with New Zealand in the ultimate of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship in Southampton. After that, they may put together for a five-match Test collection towards England beginning August 4.
“Hardik Pandya is still not in a position to bowl. The experiment of selectors to keep him during England Tests and prepare him with bowling workload has failed miserably. He will henceforth not be considered for Test cricket,” a BCCI supply informed PTI.
The squad additionally contains the likes of KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha – a duo that’s at the moment coping with well being points and there choice is topic to health clearance. While Rahul not too long ago underwent a surgical procedure after being recognized with acute appendicitis, Saha, has contracted coronavirus in the course of the now suspended IPL 2021.
Among those that have been dropped are out-of-form spinner Kuldeep Yadav and pacer Navdeep Saini.
The India squad, led by Virat Kohli, is predicted to depart for England later this month.
India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (topic to health clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; topic to health clearance).
Standby gamers: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
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