Indian Squad For The Remaining Three Test Matches Against England Is Revealed; Virat Kohli Is Conspicuously Absent, As Is Shreyas Iyer.
On Saturday, February 10, The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) Revealed The Indian Team For The Final Three Test Matches Against England. Star Wicketkeeper KL Rahul And Ravindra Jadeja Have Both Rejoined The Team Following Their Injuries During The Vizag Test, While Mohammed Shami And Virat Kohli Are Still Out For Various Reasons.
While Virat Is Unavailable Due To Personal Reasons, Shami Is Likely Nursing An Injury.
Shreyas Iyer, The Hitter Who Is Having Trouble, Will Be Conspicuously Absent From The Team For The Next Three Games. Following A Run Of Unsatisfactory Performances In The South Africa Tour, Iyer Managed Just 104 Runs In Four Innings Throughout This Series. The Team Has Kept Both Sarfaraz Khan And Rajat Patidar, With The Latter Expected To Make His Eagerly Awaited Debut In The Rajkot Test On February 15.
India Levelled The Five-Match Series With A 106-Run Win In The Vizag Test After Heroic Efforts By Japrit Bumrah And Yashasvi Jaiswal. Bumrah Is Dominating The Leaderboard With 15 Wickets And Dethroned Ravichandran Ashwin To Become The No.1 Test Bowler In The ICC Rankings.
Notably, The Participation Of Rahul And Ravindra Jadeja In The Third Test Is Subject To Medical Clearance.
On The Other Side, Bengal’s Right-Arm Medium Pacer Akash Deep Was Able To Be Included Because Left-Arm Orthodox Bowler Saurabh Kumar Was Dropped From The Team. The 27-Year-Old All-Round Bowler Has Been Rewarded For His Hard Work In The Domestic Circuit As He Has Taken 103 Wickets At An Impressive Average Of 23.18 In 29 First-Class Games.
India’s Squad For The Last Three Tests Vs England:
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul*, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja*, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep.