The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
announced the ‘squad’ for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand
and the England Test Series on Friday in which significant players’ have made
return.
Notably, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah have made a startling comeback along with Hanuma Vihari, who missed the Test series against England due to an injury. Though, Vihari would be seen on sides only.
The BCCI dropped the list on Twitter in which the name of KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha were also included however, their participation in the matches would be “subject to fitness clearance.”
In this latest squad announced, Hardik Pandya and leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who were part of the home Test series against England has been shown the way out along with fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
The list also includes the names of four standby players—Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla. These players will go with the squad to England.
The upcoming four-month-long cricket tour will commence with the World Test Championship against New Zealand on June 18 in Southampton. While the five-test series against England is scheduled to be played from August 4 in Nottingham.
For the second test match, the team will have to move London at the Lord’s from August 12 to 16. The third test will be played in Leeds at Headingley from August 25 to 29, while the remaining two matches will be played at the Oval, London, and the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester from September 2-6 and September 10-14 respectively.
India’s Squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane (vice capt), Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav.
KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha (subject to fitness clearance)
Standby: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla