The BCCI introduced a 16-man India squad for the upcoming five-match England Test collection. Apart from the anticipated returns of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, there was a shock inclusion of wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel forward of Ishan Kishan or every other stumper. However, one key factor about Jurel’s choice was that he was the third keeper in the squad and never the second with KL Rahul and KS Bharat being additionally listed as wicketkeepers. But as per reviews, Rahul will solely play as a specialist batter and never as a keeper.
As per a report in The Indian Express, Bharat is ready to start the England collection as the designated wicketkeeper given the surfaces in India will flip. Bharat, who performed all of the Test matches at house in opposition to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was protected with the gloves behind the stumps and despite the fact that his batting returns weren’t up to the mark, he might be trusted with the job but once more with Rahul, who discovered kind in South Africa with a century, set to play in the center order in opposition to England.
“The Indian team will once again be playing on a turner track, and the team management felt that specialist keepers should handle the job at home. The team has many quality spinners, and the team won’t take any chances, especially when the pitch being offered will be a turner,” a BCCI supply was quoted as saying in the report which acknowledged that Rahul was requested by the administration to preserve simply in South Africa the place the bounce was at all times going to be across the waist and even larger.
Since the pitches might be turners, the administration has knowledgeable the choice committee as per the report that they are going to require a specialist keeper in opposition to the standard of spinners like Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. The tempo assault, then again, might be rotated all through the Test collection which means that Avesh Khan could be in line for a debut in the whites for India with Mohammed Shami nonetheless nursing an harm.
India’s Test squad for first two matches in opposition to 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, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan
