India crew for Britain Tests

 India crew for Britain Tests reported; Dhruv Jurel gets first call-up as injury keeps Shami out

Axar Patel gets back in the saddle to the side that will be driven by Rohit Sharma



The selectors on Friday adhered to the attempted and tried names while declaring the India group for the initial two Tests against Britain with wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel being the solitary new face.

Rohit Sharma will lead the 16-man side while Jasprit Bumrah will be his representative.


Senior pacer Mohammed Shami was not named in that frame of mind as he is proceeding with his recuperation cycle from a physical issue that he endured during the ODI World Cup the year before. Shami was likewise not a piece of the India crew that visited South Africa as of late.


Karnataka pacer Prasidh Krishna was likewise not considered as he likewise got a left quadricep injury during the Ranji Prize match against Gujarat on this day.

Pace bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur additionally passed up a great opportunity however left-arm spinner Axar Patel got back in the game aside.


Jurel included

In any case, the consideration of Uttar Pradesh player Jurel featured the determination. The 22-year-old was a piece of India A crew that played two matches against their South African partners in December last year.

He had made a 69 in the second match at Benoni and all the more as of late made a 63 for Facing Kerala in a first round bunch round of the Ranji Prize at Alappuzha.


Jurel, who had made his Top of the line debut last year against Vidarbha, has up to this point made 790 runs from 15 coordinates at a normal of 46 with 105 fifties in the homegrown circuit.


In any case, K.S. Bharat could be the best option wicketkeeper hitter and the selectors have likewise named KL Rahul for the job.


Rahul had wore the enormous gloves in the two Test coordinates against South Africa with a decent lot of progress.


In any case, it is impossible that the Bengaluru-man could go on in the job against Britain as India are sure to handle three spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar, a move that warrants an expert behind the stumps.


The principal Test will be played at Hyderabad from January 25 and the subsequent match will be held at Visakhapatnam from February 2.


India Test crew for the initial two Tests

Rohit Sharma (commander), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (bad habit commander), Avesh Khan.

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