Murali Vijay and Parthiv Patel are back to the Indian side in whites as the BCCI announced the squad for the Australia tour. The list also included Indian limited-overs star Rohit Sharma who last played a test in South Africa earlier this year.
However, Siraj and Mayank who received call-ups for Windies series aren”t named in the side. This now makes a fully right-handed top order barring wicket keepers Pant and Parthiv. Ishant Sharma who recovered from his injury is all set to lead the pace attack in the series down under.
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The opening duties will be shared between the two of KL Rahul, Vijay and Shaw. The BCCI chose not to alter the middle order consisting of specialists Pujara, Kohli and Rahane. Hanuma Vihari, Pant, Parthiv and Rohit are named as a part of the lower middle order. The spin trio of Jadeja, Ashwin and Kuldeep cemented their spot in the sides and it will be interesting who makes up to the playing XI in the pace-friendly Aussie pitches.
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The Indian side hasn”t won a test since a decade at Australia. This will be one of the best opportunities for Kohli and Co. to create an impact as the Aussie side is really puzzled about a playing XI. The presence of five pacers in the squad is really a boost but how to create a winning combination assessing the pitch conditions will be a question mark.
Meanwhile, the T20I squad hasn”t seen any change from the Windies series as Skipper Virat Kohli is included in the place of Shabaz Nadeem.
He is back in whites – @ImRo45 is back in the Test squad for the Australia series #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/3CU85AXzLc
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 26, 2018
The T20I series commences from November 21 while the test starts on December 6.
Team for Four Test match series against Australia:Â Virat Kohli (C), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Shami, Ishant, Umesh, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Team for three T20I match series against Australia:Â Virat Kohli (C), Rohit (vc), Shikhar, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish, DK, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Khaleel
MSK Prasad lauds @parthiv9's grit after being drafted into the Test squad for Australia series #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/951n23QEnL
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 26, 2018
