The BCCI on Friday evening announced the all-important Indian cricket squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting on November 22 in Perth. Jasprit Bumrah has been named vice-captain in Rohit Sharma-led India. Injured veteran pacer Mohammed Shami has not been included. In his place, young pacer Harshit Rana has earned a maiden Test call-up, while fast bowling all-rounder Nitish Reddy is also in the mix.
Domestic cricket veteran Abhimanyu Easwaran has also been called up. Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel are the two wicketkeepers. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli form the core of the top order. In the middle order, KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan are present. Besides Bumrah and Rana, the other pacers are Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep and Prasidh Krishna.
The three spin all-rounders in the squad are Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has not been selected for the Tour. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav was not available for selection for the tour of Australia as he has been referred to the BCCI Center of Excellence for a long-term solution to his chronic left groin problem after the end of the ongoing Test series against New Zealand.
Fast bowlers Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed have been named as reserves.
After the completion of the three-match Test series against New Zealand, India will play a five-match Test series in Australia, part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting on November 22 in Perth.
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Indian squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Indian squad for 4 T20Is against South Africa: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan , Yasj Dayal
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