Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: India have announced a new-looking Playing XI against Australia for the Perth Test, as the squad features two debutants, and go into the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 opener without Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
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IPL 2024 finalists Harshit Rana (winner with Kolkata Knight Riders) and Nitish Kukar Reddy (runner-up with Sunrisers Hyderabad) are making their Test debut for India, and the duo have received their India cap from legendary Virat Kohli.
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Both players have made their debuts for Team India in the T20I's, and haveperformed extremely well in the hwite-ball circuit. However, the red-ball cricket, especially in Australia, will be a whole different challenge for the youngesters, who are aiming to make a name for themselves on the international stage.
Here's A Look At Their Recent Matches
Harshit Rana plays for Delhi and is coming off a sensational performance for the side in Ranji Trophy, where he picked up 7 wickets to hand Assam a thumping 10-wicket defeat.
Even with the India-D, the right-arm pacer performed well-enough, as he picked up wickets in two matches during the Duleep Trophy 2024.
Nitish Kumar Reddy, on the other hand, is coming off an intense two-match unofficial Test series against Australia-A, where he did not perform with both, bat and ball, but had a pretty inpressive outing against Bangladesh in the T20I's.
BCCI eye him as a like-for-like replacement for Hardik Pandya, and he now has a huge chip on his shoulders.