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The Indian team has been announced on Friday for the Border Gavaskar series against Australia. The Indian team is to tour Australia next month, where the team will play a five-match Test series.
India has selected Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harshit Rana and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the 18-member squad for the Border-Gavaskar Test series. Kuldeep Yadav is not part of the team due to back problems. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has not yet been fully fit. He has also not got a place in the team.
Test Match |
Dates |
Venue |
Time (IST) |
First Test |
November 22-26 |
Perth Stadium |
7:50 am |
Second Test |
December 6-10 |
Adelaide Oval (D/N) |
9:30 am |
Third Test |
December 14-18 |
The Gabba, Brisbane |
5:50 am |
Fourth Test |
December 26-30 |
MCG, Melbourne |
5:00 am |
Fifth Test |
January 3-7 |
SCG, Sydney |
5:00 am |
Team India is going to play a Test series in Australia after 3 years. The first match will be played in Perth from November 22 and the second match in Adelaide from December 6. Team India has not lost any Test series against Australia since 2014. The team won 2 series during this period under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
The team's fast bowler Mohammed Shami has not been fully fit yet. He has not got a place in the team. Shami is recovering from an ankle injury, for which he underwent surgery earlier this year. He has been out of the field since the 2023 ODI World Cup final due to injury.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed.
2024-10-26