Premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Friday named vice-captain of India for the upcoming three-match dwelling Test collection in opposition to New Zealand, strongly indicating his doable elevation to the management function when the group travels to Australia from subsequent month. The three-match collection in opposition to the Kiwis will begin on November 16 in Bengaluru, adopted by the second Test in Pune from October 24 and third sport in Mumbai from November 1.
As reported by PTI on October 10, common captain Rohit Sharma might skip one of many first two Test matches in Australia owing to private causes.
The five-match Test collection in Australia begins on November 22 in Perth and the second match will probably be held at Adelaide from December 6, and there’s a chance that Rohit might give both the primary or the second sport a miss.
Adding power to that thought is the truth that India didn’t identify a vice-captain for the current dwelling collection in opposition to Bangladesh, which they received 2-0.
Bumrah has prior expertise of main the facet as he wore the captain’s armband throughout the rescheduled fifth Test match in opposition to England in July 2022 at Edgbaston. He additionally led India within the away T20I collection in opposition to Ireland in 2023.
Recently, Bumrah additionally reclaimed his No. 1 spot within the ICC bowlers’ rating after a stellar effort in opposition to Bangladesh.
The 30-year-old has been in riveting kind in red-ball cricket, grabbing 42 wickets from eight Tests after his comeback from an harm in August 2023. He has a superb common of 14.69 on this interval.
Overall, Bumrah has performed 38 Tests, taking 170 wickets, averaging 20.18 with 10 five-wicket hauls.
Yash Dayal, who was a part of the squad for the Bangladesh collection, was not chosen after the pacer sustained a shoulder harm throughout Uttar Pradesh’s Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Bengal in Lucknow on Friday.
It isn’t but clear how lengthy Dayal will take to get better from the harm, casting a shadow over his possibilities of touring Australia.
Other than that, all of the gamers who did obligation in opposition to Bangladesh not too long ago have been retained within the 15-member squad which will probably be led by Rohit.
Pacer Mohammed Shami, who’s recuperating after an ankle surgical procedure, was not thought-about, because the look ahead to his return to worldwide cricket continues.
All-rounder Harshit Rana, middle-order batsman Nitish Kumar Reddy, pacers Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna have been named as travelling reserves within the squad, additionally underlining the prioritised place for these younger gamers within the long-term Indian scheme of issues.
Both Nitish and Mayank have been spectacular of their maiden outing for India throughout the ongoing three-match T20I collection in opposition to Bangladesh.
India’s squad for the New Zealand Test collection: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep.
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