- After the Test series against New Zealand, now Team India has to tour Australia for red ball cricket. The Border Gavaskar Trophy will be held on the Australia tour…
After the Test series against New Zealand, now Team India has to tour Australia for red ball cricket. Team India has been announced for the Border Gavaskar Trophy to be held on the Australia tour and KL Rahul has reached there and started practice.
Many young Indian players have also been included in Team India for the Australia tour. But let us tell you that 4 veteran players including Rohit-Sarfaraz are going to be out of the playing-XI of the first match of the series starting on 22 November, while 2 young players will be seen making their debut in the team. Let us tell you how Team India’s playing-XI will be in the first Test match against Australia…
Team India’s playing XI in Border Gavaskar Trophy
There will be big changes in Team India’s playing 11 in the very first Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy to be held on the Australia tour. Rohit Sharma, Sarfaraz Khan, Mohammad Siraj and R Ashwin will be shown the way out in Team India’s playing XI. Young players will make their debut in the team in their place. All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy and fast bowler Harshit Rana may get a chance to play in the very first match.
Rahul will again replace Sarfaraz
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Sarfaraz Khan got a chance to play in all three matches of the series against New Zealand but except for his one innings of 150 runs, his performance was also disappointing. At the same time, if we talk about KL Rahul, he has the experience of playing in Australia and he also has a century to his name in Australia.
Rahul has already reached Australia before the entire team to prepare for the Border Gavaskar Trophy and has started practice. Apart from this, spin bowlers do not get much help in Australia, due to which Ashwin will also be kept out of the playing 11.
2 players will debut in Team India
Source: espncricinfo
With this, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana can make their debut in Team India. Fast bowler Harshit Rana can be included in Team India in place of Mohammad Siraj. Siraj’s performance has declined this year and there is no strength in his bowling, due to which Gautam Gambhir can decide to keep him out of the first Test match.
Rohit Sharma will be out of the initial matches due to his personal reasons. So, if KL Rahul bats higher, then all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy can get the responsibility of handling the middle order. Along with this, he can do wonders in bowling.
Team India’s playing 11 will be like this- Jaspreet Bumrah (captain), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akashdeep Singh, Harshit Rana