India Squad for Australia tour announced! Rohit Sharma left out, new-comer Varun Chakravarthy books place

New Delhi, Oct 27: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Test, ODI, and T20I squads for India’s tour of Australia after the All-India Senior Selection Committee met via video-conference. India will be touring Australia in a bio-secure bubble in November where India will take on Aussies in four Test matches, three ODIs and three T20Is after the IPL 2020 campaign.

 

 

Rohit Sharma, who is currently injured for Mumbai Indians, has not been called up in any of the three squads as the protocol prevents the selection committee from including any player who is injured at the time of selection. The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor the progress of both Rohit and Ishant Sharma, who has suffered an abdominal injury whilst training for Delhi Capitals.

 

 

However, KKR's Varun Chakravarthy, who has had a rewarding IPL 2020 so far, has been named in  T20 format. Meanwhile, KL Rahul who was not named in the Test squad for West Indies tour will be make a comeback as a vice-captain in the ODIs and T20s. In a first, Navdeep Saini has been called up for all the three formats. RCB Mohammad Siraj will be playing in white-ball formats. BCCI has also called Hardik Pandya, who has not played for India since last September will feature in the white-ball formats.

 

In addition to these squads, BCCI has called for four additional bowlers - Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kartik Tyagi, Ishan Porel, and T. Natarajan to travel with the Indian contingent.

 

According to Cricket Australia’s provisional schedule, the tour is likely to start with the ODIs on November 27 while the last of the four Tests will begin in Brisbane from January 15. Venues like Sydney and Canberra are likely to host the white-ball leg (T20 and ODIs) while Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney are the venues of the four-match Test series. The D/N Test match is scheduled in Adelaide.

 

India squad (T20I ) : Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy

 

Team India squad (ODI ) : Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur

 

Team India squad (Test ) : Virat Kohli (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj