Spin weapon that toppled King Kohli among fresh faces for India’s clash with Test newcomers
India have rested pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for this week’s one-off Test against Afghanistan, opening the door for up to three fresh faces to make their international debut.
Bumrah was rested for the five-day contest due to workload management concerns, while Jadeja picked up a niggle during the recent Indian Premier League campaign. Shubman Gill will lead India’s 15-man squad for the Afghanistan Test, which commences in New Chandigarh on Saturday, with KL Rahul replacing wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant as vice-captain. Watch India vs Afghanistan Test Cricket 6-10 June LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on Fox Cricket, available on Kayo | New to Kayo?
“We want him to become the best Test player that he has always been,” chief selector Ajit Agarkar said of Pant’s removal as Test vice-captain. “I don’t think there is any concern with his spot in the Test team. I think he is one of our main batters in that line-up.
” Left-arm spinners Manav Suthar and Harsh Dubey, as well as pace bowler Gurnoor Brar, earned maiden call-ups for the Test match, India’s return to red-ball cricket for the first time in five months. Dubey, a Jadeja replica, was the leading wicket-taker of last season’s Ranji Trophy with 69 wickets at 16.98, representing Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad during the IPL, with superstar Virat Kohli among his white-ball victims.
The 23-year-old has also been picked the three-match ODI series that follows the Test. Suthar took eight wickets during an unofficial India A Test against Australia A last year, including the scalps national representatives Oliver Peake, Will Sutherland, Cooper Connolly and Josh Philippe. At first-class level, he has taken 129 wickets at 25.76.
Earlier this week, the BCCI appointed former international Sairaj Bahutule as a spin bowling coach for the national team; his first task will be mentoring the uncapped duo ahead of what could be their Test debut. Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan will also miss a one-off Test against India, advised to cut down on long-format cricket to manage his workload as he plays in several T20 franchise leagues.
Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the side, while Nangyal Kharoti, Bilal Sami and Rahmanullah Zadran were selected in the Test squad for the first time. Leg-spinner Qais Ahmad also makes his return to the side. Since gaining Test status in 2017, Afghanistan have faced India in the game’s longest format once, a crushing innings defeat in Bengaluru in 2018 that lasted just two days.
The lone Test between India and Afghanistan gets underway at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Saturday at 2pm AEST. Every ball of India’s lone Test against Banglsdesh will be shown live and ad-break free on Foxtel and streaming platform Kayo Sports. Shubman Gill , Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul , Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel.
Hashmatullah Shahidi , Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmanullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nangyal Kharoti, Qais Ahmad, Bilal Sami, Zia Ur Rahman Sharifi, Saleem Safi
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