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BCCI announces the Indian team for test series against Sri Lanka and Australia

After the three-match One Day Innings (ODI) against West Indies in December 2019, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the names of the Indian players for the upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka and Australia. The men in blue have donned their dear jerseys and have won good a name for the country. The teams for the upcoming series has slight changes as Jaspreet Bumrah makes his comeback after being excluded from the West Indies series due to his injuries. However, Rohit Sharma has been excluded from both the series due to his serious knee injury. The T20I and ODI squads for the series are –

India v/s Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli (captain)

Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)

Shikhar Dhawan

KL Rahul

Shreyas Iyer

Ravindra Jadeja

Shivam Dube

Yuzvendra Chahal

Kuldeep Yadav

Jaspreet Bumrah

Navdeep Saini

Shardul Thakur

Manish Pandey

Washington Sundar and

Sanju Samson

While with slight changes the team for India v/s Australia is-

Virat Kohli (captain)

Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)

Shikhar Dhawan

KL Rahul

Shreyas Iyer

Ravindra Jadeja

Shivam Dube

Yuzvendra Chahal

Kuldeep Yadav

Jaspreet Bumrah

Navdeep Saini

Manish Pandey

Rohit Sharma

Kedar Jadhav and

Mohammed Shami

The highlights of this squad are the inclusion and exclusion of certain cricketing gems. KL Rahul would be the opener along with Shikhar Dhawan while Rohit Sharma is not on board in the squad. The comeback of the Indian speedster Jaspreet Bumrah after his injury has given new hopes for the upcoming series. The series would be held in January 2020 with India being the host for the two nations. Fans across the world are anticipating a win in both ODI series given the superior team selection.

(News source- Google)

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