Indian skipper Virat Kohli has finally given the much-needed rest by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). On November 27, the Indian cricket board announced the squad for the last Test in Delhi followed by the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian side in the three ODIs starting from December 10. However, Kohli will captain the final Test in Delhi.
Ahead of the Nagpur Test, Kohli spoke about the tight schedule of the Indian team in the recent times. He opened up at a press conference and pointed out the excessive workload on the side. As per cricket stats, Virat is the only player to have played more than 100 matches since January 2015.
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Shikhar Dhawan will be back for the Delhi Test. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who got married a day before the Nagpur Test, will be unavailable for the last Test as well.
After sustaining injuries during the last T20I match against New Zealand in Trivandrum, Hardik Pandya was dropped from the Tests. He has been called back for the ODIs.
#TeamIndia for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka announced #INDvSL
Rohit (capt), Shikhar, Ajinkya, Shreyas, Manish, Kedar, Dinesh, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik, Axar, Kuldeep, Chahal, Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar, Sidharth Kaul pic.twitter.com/w4GWP9weCa
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 27, 2017
Punjab speedster Siddharth Kaul is the newcomer in the Indian dressing room for T20Is. He recently played for the India A against New Zealand A in two ODI games. He bagged a couple of three-wicket hauls and was the joint third-highest wicket-taker in the tri-series in South Africa.
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Apart from Kaul, Shreyas Iyyer found a spot in the ODI squad. He played 3 T20Is match against New Zealand earlier. The spin duo – R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja – yet again dropped from the limited overs series.
India squad for the third Test: Virat Kohli (Captain), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar.
India squad for the ODI series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul.
