The All-India Selection Committee on Sunday picked India’s Test squad for the fifth rescheduled Test against England to be performed at Edgbaston, Birmingham, from July 1-5.
Top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has made his return to the nationwide crew after delivering stupendous performances for Sussex in the County Championship Division Two. Earlier, he was dropped from the squad for the residence collection against Sri Lanka.
During the England tour final summer season, quick bowler Prasidh Krishna was added to India’s squad for the fourth Test. He was on the standby checklist and had been coaching with the Indian crew since then. The 26-year-old pacer options in the squad once more this time round.
Meanwhile, Mayank Agarwal, Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma are the notable absentees for the England tour. They had been part of the Test squad final yr however couldn’t discover a spot in the ultimate 17 this time.
The fifth and ultimate Test between England and India, which was supposed to be held in Manchester final yr, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp.
At that point, the BCCI and ECB held a number of conferences to discover a approach to play the match; nonetheless, a number of circumstances of COVID-19 in the Indian contingent pressured each the boards to name off the sport.
India squad for the rescheduled fifth Test against England:
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.