Australia vs India: Rohit Sharma named Kohli’s replacement for the second, third test
The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has named Rohit Sharma as a replacement for Virat Kohli for the second and third test against Australia as Kohli will be returning to India after getting featured in the first test match.
Sharma, who could not captain his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Mumbai Indians (MI) for four matches amidst his hamstring injury, is given fitness clearance officially. Earlier, he was not included in the squad considering his injury but after he has led MI in qualifier 1, he is all set to represent Men in Blue.
Australia vs India: Rohit Sharma named Kohli’s replacement for the second, third test
However, he is still not chosen for the ODIs and T20Is against Australia. On the other hand, dad to be Kohli will be busy with the birth of his first child in January 2021.
Here are the revised squads:
Team India T20I squad: 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, T Natarajan.
Team India ODI squad: 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, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper).
Team India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, 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.
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