IND Vs AUS: India Announce Squad For 3rd & 4th Tests, Hit Man To Miss 1st ODI

Mumbai: The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked squads for the ongoing Mastercard Australia Tour of India for the third and fourth Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the three-match ODI series.

Rohit Sharma will be unavailable for the first ODI due to family commitments and Hardik Pandya will lead the side in the first ODI.

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has still not recovered fully from his injury and will miss the final two Tests as well.

Despite a string of low scores in the first two matches, KL Rahul retains his spot in the squad.

Left-arm-spinner all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is also back in the ODI squad while fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat earned a maiden call-up to the white-ball side.

Unadkat is also in the Test squad but was released before the second Test to play for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy final.

India’s Test squad for third and fourth Test against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.