The Indian team was announced on Friday for the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand. Apart from the Indian team selected for this series, BCCI has also included some new faces as travel reserves. Names of four players are included in this list. Among these four players, there are three players who have not even made their debut for the Indian Test team yet. After a long time, BCCI has announced travel reserve for any home test series.
These four players got a chance
The players who have been included as travel reserves for this series to be played against New Zealand. Those players include the names of Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav have not played a single test match for India yet. The famous Krishna has been out of India’s Test team for a long time. There are three fast bowlers in the travel reserve. Actually, after the New Zealand series, Team India has to tour Australia. Where a five-match test series will be played. In such a situation, the Indian team has focused a lot on fast bowling.
Luck can open up players’ injuries
The fate of these travel reserves may change if any player gets injured during the Test series played against New Zealand. The New Zealand series is also going to be very important for the Indian team. The first match of this series is to be played on 16 October. Actually, Team India is at the first position in the points table of the World Test Championship and the Indian team would like to retain its position. India would like to win this series by 3-0. So that he remains in a strong position before the start of the Australia series.
Indian team for three test matches against New Zealand:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep
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