India announce 16-member squad for Australia series

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New Delhi: India will take on Australia in four-match Test series from 23rd February in Pune.

The hosts aim to continue their dominance after destroying New Zealand, England and Bangladesh on their home turf 

Barring any surprises, the selectors retained the same 16-member squad that figured in the 208-run victory over Bangladesh in the one-off Test match in Hyderabad on Monday.  

India XI: Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Widdhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma , Abhinav Mukund, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Karun Nair, jayant Yadav