The National Selection Committee of BCCI has announced the squad for the Australia Tour of India on Monday. The tour is composed of events including 3 one-day internationals, 4 tests, and many 20-20 internationals. As, Rohit Sharma, India’s limited-overs, Vice-captain is crusading with a hamstring injury during IPL is not selected by BCCI for any of the three squads, while mentioning that he will be monitored by the medical team for progress. Another important name that is not included in the novice fast bowler Ishant Sharma who is excluded due to his rib injury during IPL.
Kings XI Punjab’s Captain, KL Rahul has is going to replace Rohit Sharma in this longest format. He has been handed the responsibility to lead for the first time in his international career.
Rohit suffered the injury during an IPL match with the Kings XI Punjab on 18th October, which they lost after playing just 2 Super Overs in Dubai. But he, the Hitman appears to be recovered and ready to lead the team again on the field.
Here’s the list of the squad for the Australia tour
Test Squad
Virat Kohli (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-capt), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj.
ODI Squad
Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-capt/wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur
T20I squad
Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-capt/wk), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy.
What Rohit Sharma’s fan has to say?
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩Thalaivaaa comeback stronger 😘😘😘😘😘😘
— ӄǟʟɛɛֆաǟʀǟռ✨ (@KaleeswaranKN) October 26, 2020
Confusing signs from Indian Team and Mumbai Indians. What’s happening with Rohit?
— Satwik Kodangal Varala (@satwik507) October 26, 2020
Virat’s insecurity with Rohit 🤷🏻♂️
— MSDian Shubham 🇮🇳 (@Shubham513) October 26, 2020
I’m 100% sure Rohit is not that much unfit that he won’t be able to fully recover before Aus tour.
This is just bad politics in Indian cricket. Surya Kumar Yadav is still not selected either 🤷🏻♂️
