NEW DELHI: As expected, Ajinkya Rahane has been confirmed as India's captain for the one-off Test match in opposition to Afghanistan in Bengaluru next month, overseeing a familiar-looking squad which contains the recalled Karun Nair and Shardul Thakur. Rahane, alternatively, has been overlooked from the ODI squad for England sequence, together with spinner Axar Patel.
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The BCCI selectors met in Bengaluru to pick six squads on Tuesday, including two T20I squads to face Ireland and England and ODI outfit to face England, the latter that includes Ambati Rayudu who was recalled as substitute for the injured Kedar Jadhav and KL Rahul who took Manish Pandey’s position. Virat Kohli leads the T20I and ODI squads, however having opted to play county cricket for the month of June with Surrey, Rahane will lead India in Afghanistan’s debut Test from June 14.
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Nair made headlines in overdue 2016 when he changed into the second Indian batsman to attain 300 in a Test, doing so with a enormous 303 now not out in opposition to England when filling in for the injured Rahane. He was dropped, alternatively, after managing 54 runs in 3 innings in opposition to Australia. A strong domestic season has propelled Nair back into the Test squad as a batting substitute option in Kohli's absence.
Thakur, 26, has replaced Jasprit Bumrah in the Test squad. He has been part of previous Test squads however has yet to debut. His international revel in encompasses seven T20Is and 3 ODIs.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma, who've both featured in county cricket over the last few weeks, will go back to India to play the Afghanistan Test as their counties - Yorkshire and Sussex - don't seem to be enjoying top quality matches between May 14 and June 30.
The Test captaincy - albeit for one match - is a feather in the cap for Rahane, who after managing simply 17 runs in five innings in opposition to Sri Lanka in overdue 2017 was dropped for 2 Test matches in South Africa amid much speculation over his role in the aspect. When he was given a chance in the 3rd Test of that excursion earlier this yr, Rahane made 9 and 48 in a well-known out of the country victory. Rahane's management revel in comprises 3 ODIs, for 2 IPL franchises and for Mumbai at the Under-19 and T20 degree, among different various domestic competitions.
The ODI squad comprises first-choice choices, with the inclusion of Rayudu coming after Jadhav was dominated out of the IPL with damage. Rayudu is the main run-getter in the ongoing IPL 2018 with 423 from 10 innings at a strike-rate of 151.61 for Chennai Super Kings. Rayudu, 32, remaining played an ODI in June 2016.
Rahul has also been recalled after a strong IPL run of form for Kings XI Punjab, having remaining played an ODI in August 2017. Opening the innings, Rahul has racked up 376 runs in nine innings at a strike-rate of 162.77.
From India's previous T20I squad, which contested and won the Nidahas Trophy in March, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar and Jaydev Unadkat were replaced with Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul and Umesh Yadav. Kaul has taken 13 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, which puts him at fourth position at the bowling charts.
Test squad: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur
T20I squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
ODI squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
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The BCCI selectors met in Bengaluru to pick six squads on Tuesday, including two T20I squads to face Ireland and England and ODI outfit to face England, the latter that includes Ambati Rayudu who was recalled as substitute for the injured Kedar Jadhav and KL Rahul who took Manish Pandey’s position. Virat Kohli leads the T20I and ODI squads, however having opted to play county cricket for the month of June with Surrey, Rahane will lead India in Afghanistan’s debut Test from June 14.
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Nair made headlines in overdue 2016 when he changed into the second Indian batsman to attain 300 in a Test, doing so with a enormous 303 now not out in opposition to England when filling in for the injured Rahane. He was dropped, alternatively, after managing 54 runs in 3 innings in opposition to Australia. A strong domestic season has propelled Nair back into the Test squad as a batting substitute option in Kohli's absence.
Thakur, 26, has replaced Jasprit Bumrah in the Test squad. He has been part of previous Test squads however has yet to debut. His international revel in encompasses seven T20Is and 3 ODIs.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma, who've both featured in county cricket over the last few weeks, will go back to India to play the Afghanistan Test as their counties - Yorkshire and Sussex - don't seem to be enjoying top quality matches between May 14 and June 30.
The Test captaincy - albeit for one match - is a feather in the cap for Rahane, who after managing simply 17 runs in five innings in opposition to Sri Lanka in overdue 2017 was dropped for 2 Test matches in South Africa amid much speculation over his role in the aspect. When he was given a chance in the 3rd Test of that excursion earlier this yr, Rahane made 9 and 48 in a well-known out of the country victory. Rahane's management revel in comprises 3 ODIs, for 2 IPL franchises and for Mumbai at the Under-19 and T20 degree, among different various domestic competitions.
The ODI squad comprises first-choice choices, with the inclusion of Rayudu coming after Jadhav was dominated out of the IPL with damage. Rayudu is the main run-getter in the ongoing IPL 2018 with 423 from 10 innings at a strike-rate of 151.61 for Chennai Super Kings. Rayudu, 32, remaining played an ODI in June 2016.
Rahul has also been recalled after a strong IPL run of form for Kings XI Punjab, having remaining played an ODI in August 2017. Opening the innings, Rahul has racked up 376 runs in nine innings at a strike-rate of 162.77.
From India's previous T20I squad, which contested and won the Nidahas Trophy in March, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar and Jaydev Unadkat were replaced with Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul and Umesh Yadav. Kaul has taken 13 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, which puts him at fourth position at the bowling charts.
Test squad: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur
T20I squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
ODI squad: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav
Nair returns to Test squad, Rayudu named for England ODIs
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