You and I Magazine Monthly
Karnataka
opener Mayank Agarwal and right-arm pacer Mohammed
Siraj, who plays for Hyderabad in first-class cricket, are the new faces in 14-member Indian squad for
the forthcoming two-Test home
series against West Indies that the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced. Meanwhile, pacers Jasprit
Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been rested
for the series, while opener Shikhar Dhawan has been dropped. "Taking
stock of the recent workload, the selectors have decided to rest Bumrah and
Bhuvneshwar," the BCCI said in a statement. Both Ishant Sharma and Hardik Pandya were not considered for selection as they are yet to recover from their
injuries," it added. The first Test will be played at the Saurashtra
Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
between October 4 and 9, followed by the second one at the Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium, Hyderabad from October 12. The
squad: Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc),
Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant
(wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed
Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, and
Shardul Thakur.
