India announce squad for Australia Test, BGT Trophy: The Indian cricket team has been announced for the Australia tour. A lot of surprising things happened during the selection process of the Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
In particular, Mohammed Shami, who was recently seen bowling to assistant coach Abhishek Nair after the Bengaluru Test, was not included in the squad. Shami himself has been trying to convey that he is now recovered by posting on social media, so the reason why he was not selected is beyond comprehension.
If Shami is injured, then the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) should provide this information in a press release issued on October 25. These are not included. In fact, the BCCI press release has given information about Kuldeep Yadav’s injury. Kuldeep Yadav was reportedly unable to be selected for the Australia tour as he was referred to the BCCI Center of Excellence due to a chronic groin issue after the Test series against New Zealand. Akshar Patel, who was named in the New Zealand tour squad, also did not qualify.
Team India has included three new players Abhimanyu Easwaran, fast bowler Harshit Rana and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy in its 18-man squad for the five-match Test series in Australia starting from November 22. According to information provided by BCCI, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khalil Ahmed will be included in the team as traveling reserves.
So Abhimanyu Easwaran will make his Australian debut…
Rohit Sharma will lead the team in Australia and Jasprit Bumrah will serve as vice-captain, with Rohit missing one of the first two Tests due to personal reasons . In such a situation, 29-year-old Abhimanyu can try out for the first time during this tour. He is part of the Indian Test squad in Bangladesh in 2022. Iswaran is in superb form at the moment, having scored two centuries in the Duleep Trophy, another century in the Irani Trophy and started the Ranji Trophy season for Bangladesh percentage.
Ashwin, Jadeja and Sundar are the three spin all-rounders in the Indian team.
The Indian team has selected three spin all-rounders R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar. The 21-year-old Reddy is the only bowling all-rounder in the Australian team. He will be given extra time to adapt as he is part of the India A squad that will play two four-day matches in Mackay and Melbourne. Reddy, who made his debut against Bangladesh earlier this month and was a substitute in the Test squad for the home series against New Zealand, has arrived in Australia.
4 fast bowlers including Bumrah in the team
Apart from Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh and Rana are the other fast bowlers in the team. Prasidh has completed the first two Tests. He has returned to the team after injury. The 22-year-old Rana has only played 9 top-level games. Rana, who represents Delhi, took 4 wickets twice for the India D team in the Duleep Trophy in September and has taken 36 wickets at an average of 24.75 in first-class cricket. With Karel in the reserves and Yash Dayal absent, India do not have any left-arm fast bowler in the main squad.
India tour starts on November 15
Team India will begin their tour with a warm-up match against India A in Perth from November 15-17, after which they will face Australia at the Perth Stadium from November 22-26. A test match. Thereafter, they will travel to Canberra for practice matches against the Premier XI on November 30 and December 1 before heading to Adelaide for the second day-night Test from December 6 to 10.
The third Test will be held in Brisbane from December 14 to 18, followed by the traditional Boxing Day Test in Melbourne on December 26 and the New Year’s Test in Sydney on January 3. India are the holders of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and have won the last two tours of Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21 with a 2-1 margin.
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India take on Australia in five-match Test series: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Substitutes: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khalil Ahmed.
7 key points for selection of Indian team for Australia tour:
1. Fast bowler Mohammad Shami was not included in the squad.
2. Abhimanyu Easwaran was selected as the substitute opener.
3. Nitish Kumar Reddy also earned a place in the team.
4. Akshar Patel and Shardul Thakur were not selected.
5. Harshit Rana and Prasidh Krishna were selected.
6. Kuldeep could not join the team due to injury.
7. Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar and Navdeep Saini have been retained as reserves.
Team India tour of Australia (November-January 2025)
November 22-26: First Test, Perth
December 6-10: Second Test, Adelaide
December 14-18: Third Test, Brisbane
December 26-30: Fourth Test, Melbourne
January 3-7: Fifth Test, Sydney
