There is good news for Hardik Pandya, who recently lost his father. Hardik Pandya has been named in the 18-man squad for the first two Tests of the four-match series between India and England . The selectors have also included left-arm spinner Akshar Patel in the squad to strengthen the spin department. With this, Prithvi Shaw, who is in bad form, has been dropped from the team. While Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Hanuma Vihari and Umesh Yadav are currently out of the squad due to injuries.
The selection committee met with new members to announce the Indian team. The head of this selection committee is Chetan Sharma. The meeting was also attended by Captain Virat Kohli. He returned to India after the first Test against Australia due to the arrival of his first child. At the same time, the selectors have kept 4 players on standby. So if a player needs to be replaced during the Test series, he can be included in the team. Along with this, Team India will also have 5 net bowlers, which has been decided keeping in view the Corona period. Notably, t. Natarajan was taken to Australia as a net bowler and made his debut for India in all three formats.
Team:
Main Squad
Openers - Rohit Sharma, Shubhaman Gill, Mayank Agarwal.
Middle order - Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Riddhiman Saha, Hardik Pandya, Lokesh Rahul (based on fitness after the first Test).
Fast bowlers - Jaspreet Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur.
Spinners - Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Akshar Patel.
Stand by- K.S. Bharat (wicketkeeper), Abhimanyu Ishwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar.
Net bowlers - Ankit Rajput, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrior, K. Gautam, Saurabh Kumar.
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