Better Shubhman Gill has been made the new captain of the Indian Test team. Rishabh Pant has been selected as a vice-captain. The BCCI announced this at a meeting held in Mumbai on Saturday. At the same time, an 18 -member team was announced for the England tour. India is scheduled to play 5 Tests on the England tour starting June 20.
After the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Sai Sudarshan and Karun Nair have been included in the team. Shardul Thakur has returned to the team.
Indian team: Shubhman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper, vice-captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jureel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad, and Kuldi Siraj.
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The photo was taken during a meeting held on Saturday at the BCCI headquarters. The photo includes the board's secretary Devjit Saikia and members of the Men's Selection Committee.
The fifth young Indian captain in the Gill Test Gill is the youngest cricketer to lead India in the Gill Test at 25 years and 258 days. Prior to that, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (21 years, 77 days), Sachin Tendulkar (23 years, 169 days), Kapil Dev (24 years, 48 days) and Ravi Shastri (25 years, 229 days).
Karun made Vidarbha Ranji Champion Karun Nair scored 863 runs with 4 centuries in 9 Ranji Trophy last season and 779 runs with 5 centuries in 8 innings of Vijay Hazare Trophy. The Vidarbha battery gave the state team a victory in the Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare took second place in the trophy. It has already been included in the India-A team, which will depart for England in a few days.
Karun Nair scored 4 centuries in 9 Ranji Trophy matches last season.
Sudarshan's brilliant performance 23-year-old Sai Sudarshan is the highest scorer for IPL-18. He has scored 638 runs so far. He has already been included in the India-A team for the second match against England Lions.
Name in Shardul's team Shardul Thakur has also been included in the team. While Devdatta Palik, who was part of the team in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has not yet fitted. In the absence of Mohammad Shami, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna, Akash Deep and Arshadeep Singh have been included in the team. The names of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar are in the spin section. Nitish Kumar Reddy, who performed brilliantly in the BGT, is also on the team. In addition, two wicketkeepers are Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel.
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