Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been rested for the series while opener Shikhar Dhawan has been dropped.
Indian captain Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (R) (Photo: IANS)
Senior Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has been once again ignored by national selectors for the upcoming two-Test match series against the West Indies.
Rohit Sharma, who recently guided India to Asia Cup glory, missed out on a spot in India’s 15-member squad that was announced on Sunday. Virat Kohli will lead Team India while Ajinkya Rahane has been appointed his deputy.
After the Test team was announced, former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly took to Twitter to express his displeasure at not seeing Mumbai batsman’s name in the squad.
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“Great win Rohit and the team @ImRo45 ..u were exceptional…I get surprised every time I don’t see ur name in the test team ..it’s not far away ..,” Sourav Ganguly wrote on Twitter.
Great win Rohit and the team @ImRo45 ..u were exceptional…I get surprised every time I don’t see ur name in the test team ..it’s not far away ..
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) September 29, 2018
Meanwhile, Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal and right-arm pacer Mohammed Siraj, who plays for Hyderabad in first-class cricket, are the new faces in the 15-member Indian squad for the forthcoming two-Test home series against West Indies.
Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been rested for the series while opener Shikhar Dhawan has been dropped.
“Taking stock of the recent workload, the selectors have decided to rest Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar,” the BCCI said in a statement.
“Both Ishant Sharma and Hardik Pandya were not considered for selection as they are yet to recover from their injuries,” it added.
The first Test will be played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot from October 4 to 9 followed by the second one at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad from October 12.
The squad:
Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur
-With IANS inputs
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