India Squad Australia Series: BCCI Selection Meeting – The axe is about to fall on KL Rahul and the Shiv Sundar Das-led selection committee has made the first big change. KL Rahul has been dropped from vice-captaincy in Tests. However, KL Rahul has still retained his place in the Test squad. But it’s unlikely that he will find a place in the 3rd Test in Indore of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Sarfaraz Khan has once again missed out from Tests. In ODIs, Rohit will be unavailable from 1st ODI and Hardik Pandya will lead the side. Follow IND vs AUS LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
India’s Test squad for last 2 Tests: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
India’s ODI squad against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, K L Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.
Note: Mr Rohit Sharma will be unavailable for the first ODI due to family commitments and Mr Hardik Pandya will lead the side in the first ODI.
India Squad Australia Series: KL Rahul DROPPED from vice-captaincy, No Bumrah for Test series, Hardik to lead in 1st ODIFollow IND vs AUS LIVE Updates
In the first selection meeting since chairman Chetan Sharma stepped down, there have been no major changes. The only talking point is dropping KL Rahul from vice-captaincy.
KL Rahul has endured a lacklustre form, averaging 15.66 in the last 12 months. With yet another failure in Delhi Test, BCCI has snatched away his vice-captaincy immunity. However, selectors have not named any vice-captain for the remaining two Tests. It is expected that Cheteshwar Pujara will be the VC in Rohit’s absence on the field.
BCCI Selection Meeting LIVE: Major talking points –
- Selectors have kept the Test squad intact for the remaining two Tests.
- While KL Rahul has found a place, selectors have removed him from vice-captaincy.
- India lead 2-0 in the Test series and the selectors have retained the winning squad.
- Shubman Gill has been in terrific form but has not found a place to accommodate KL Rahul.
- It is likely that KL Rahul will be benched for Shubman in the 3rd Test in Indore.
- However, there is no place for Sarfaraz Khan in Tests.
- As for the ODI team, the only big change is Jaydev Unadkat’s call-up to ODIs after 10 years.
- However, Arshdeep Singh has been dropped and there is no place for Sanju Samson either.
- The other news is that Hardik Pandya will lead in the 1st ODI with Rohit Sharma taking a break following the Test series.
- Furthermore, Jasprit Bumrah has missed out as the BCCI does not want to risk any rushed return.
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