The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the senior males’s squad for the first two Tests of the five-match sequence against England on Friday, January 12. Young wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel has earned his maiden call-up as Ishan Kishan misses out once more.
Ishan had requested the BCCI for a break and head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed lately that he hasn’t made himself out there for choice but.
Notably, India’s squad clearly means that they’ll area a spin-heavy aspect as left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav and left-arm orthodox bowler Axar Patel have been recalled to the longest format of the sport to help the star duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
The announcement has led to the ouster of bowling allrounder Shardul Thakur and rising right-arm pacer Prasidh Krishna, who had been part of the Test aspect in the course of the latest two-match sequence against South Africa on latter’s residence turf.
Both gamers had did not make a considerable affect with their performances against the Proteas and it appears that evidently the selectors really feel that they will not be as efficient because the spinners within the crew.
Meanwhile, veteran pacer Mohammed Shami has not been included within the squad as he continues his rehabilitation. Shami reportedly had an ankle situation that dominated him out of the South Africa tour after initially being named within the squad for the tour.
Jasprit Bumrah will as soon as once more shoulder the accountability of vice-captaincy after he carried out the identical function within the Rainbow Nation. He isn’t part of India’s ongoing T20I sequence against Afghanistan after the selectors determined to relaxation him following India’s 1-1 draw against the Proteas.
India Squad for first 2 Tests vs England: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan.
