The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced Team India squads for the last two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In addition, the Indian cricket board has also named the squad for the ODI series which will follow the Test matches.
In an official release, the Indian cricket board has conveyed that Rohit Sharma will not be available for the 1st ODI and in his absence, Hardik Pandya will captain the team. The Indian opener will return to lead in the second and third One-Day Internationals.
In another major takeaway from the squad announcement, India's Test squad did not feature a vice-captain which suggests that even though KL Rahul has retained his place in the team, he might not be able to get a place in the Playing XI. Rahul managed 20 runs with the bat in the only innings that India batted in the first Test match in Nagpur while returning with figures of 17 and 1 in the first and second innings respectively of Delhi Test.
Meanwhile, left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat will rejoin the team for the final two Test matches after he was released for the Ranji Trophy final where he led Saurashtra to victory against Bengal. He has even found his name in the ODI squad post his recent success in domestic cricket.
India’s squad for 3rd & 4th Test vs Australia
Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul, S Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, R Jadeja, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
India’s ODI squad vs Australia
Rohit Sharma (Captain), S Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), R Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, W Sundar, Y Chahal, Mohd Shami, Mohd Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat