The BCCI announced the Indian team for the last three Tests against England on Saturday (February 10).
Virat Kohli did not get a place in the 17-member squad selected for the matches to be held in Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamsala. According to a BCCI update, the former India captain is unavailable for selection due to personal reasons.
Complete list of changes in Team India for the last three Test matches against England. Image credit: AP and AFP
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BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the last three Test matches against England. Virat Kohli will not play the last three Tests due to personal reasons.
Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul have been included but their participation is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI medical team.
The BCCI announced the Indian squad for the final three Tests of the five-match series against England on Saturday (February 10) on Twitter.
Virat Kohli did not get a place in the 17-member squad selected for the upcoming matches in Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamsala.
According to an update provided by the BCCI, the former India captain, who missed the first two Tests due to personal reasons, “is not available for selection for the remaining matches of the series due to personal reasons.
” BCCI selectors include KL Rahul and Ravindra. Jadeja is in the squad, but his “participation is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI medical team.”
The selection committee made very few changes in the squad for the last three matches as compared to the squad selected for the first two matches.
Here is the full list of changes from team to team for the last three Tests against England and the second Test:
Out: Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer was left out of the 17-member squad announced for the final three Test matches against England. Iyer batted at number 4 for India in the second Test but did not perform well.
There were reports that he was injured, but BCCI did not give any update on this in its release. Apart from them, Uttar Pradesh spinner Saurabh Kumar and fast bowler Avesh Khan, who were included in India’s squad for the second Test, have been dropped from the squad for the remaining three matches of the home series against England.
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IN: World No. 1 Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has returned to the 17-man squad along with KL Rahul, who scored 86 runs in the first innings of the first Test against England last month. However, his participation is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI medical team.
Along with these two players, Bengal fast bowler Akash Deep also joined the team. The 27-year-old right-arm fast bowler was included in the Indian Test squad for the first time for the last three Test matches.
BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the last three Test matches against England
India squad for last three Tests against England:
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), KS Bharat (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep
