Team India’s squad for the two-match Test collection on the South Afria tour has been introduced. The selectors have picked the full-strength squad for the matches towards the Proteas with Rohit Sharma persevering with to steer India within the longest format of the sport. This is the second collection for India within the ongoing World Test Championship cycle whilst they beat West Indies away from dwelling 1-0 in July earlier this yr. India misplaced the three-match collection in South Africa final time they toured regardless of profitable the primary Test. It was the final Test collection for Virat Kohli as captain too.
As far because the squad is worried, veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane has been unnoticed of the squad with Shreyas Iyer being match. Rahane performed the WTC ultimate after which toured the West Indies as effectively whilst Cheteshwar Pujara continues to be out after lacking the Caribbean tour. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah is again in Tests after very long time and together with him, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj will kind the tempo bowling assault probably within the enjoying XI as effectively.
However, Shami’s availability is topic to health as he’s present process medical therapy. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are two most well-liked spinners within the squad picked for the two-match Test collection. Among different tempo bowlers, Shardul Thakur, Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna have additionally made it to the Test squad.Â
India’s Test squad vs South Africa:Â Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
Meanwhile, Team India will even play a three-day inter-squad match earlier than the Test collection from December 20 to 22 and the selectors have introduced a separate squad for the fixture. In this squad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has additionally been picked for the India A tour of South Africa, will likely be obtainable topic to his health.
India Inter-squad three-day match: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pulkit Narang, Harshit Rana, Shardul Thakur, Sourabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini.
