File image of Dhruv Jurel taking part in for India U-19 facet. The teen has been included within the India squad for the primary two Tests towards England
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The selectors on Friday caught to the tried and examined names whereas saying the India workforce for the primary two Tests towards England with wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel being the lone new face.
Rohit Sharma will lead the 16-man facet whereas Jasprit Bumrah shall be his deputy.
Senior pacer Mohammed Shami was not named within the squad as he’s persevering with his restoration course of from an harm that he suffered throughout the ODI World Cup final yr. Shami was additionally not part of the India squad that toured South Africa lately.
Karnataka pacer Prasidh Krishna was additionally not thought of as he additionally picked up a left quadricep harm throughout the Ranji Trophy match towards Gujarat on at the present time.
Pace bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur additionally missed out however left-arm spinner Axar Patel made an anticipated comeback to the facet.
Jurel included
However, the inclusion of Uttar Pradesh participant Jurel headlined the choice. The 22-year-old was part of India A squad that performed two matches towards their South African counterparts in December final yr.
He had made a 69 within the second match at Benoni and extra lately made a 63 for UP towards Kerala in a primary spherical group sport of the Ranji Trophy at Alappuzha.
Jurel, who had made his First-Class debut final yr towards Vidarbha, has to date made 790 runs from 15 matches at a median of 46 with 100 and 5 fifties within the home circuit.
However, Okay.S. Bharat could possibly be the first-choice wicketkeeper batter and the selectors have additionally named KL Rahul for the position.
Rahul had donned the large gloves within the two Test matches towards South Africa with a good quantity of success.
But it’s unlikely that the Bengaluru-man may proceed within the position towards England as India are sure to subject three spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar, a transfer that warrants a specialist behind the stumps.
The first Test shall be performed at Hyderabad from January 25 and the second match shall be held at Visakhapatnam from February 2.
India Test squad for the primary two Tests
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan.
Source: www.thehindu.com
