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NEW DELHI: Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s red-hot find for Sussex earned him a impart in the India squad on Sunday for the one-off Test in opposition to England in July.
India have been 2-1 forward when the final Test at Ancient Trafford in September became cancelled following Covid-19 cases of their camp. Edgbaston will host the match from July 1.
Pujara, dropped after India’s tour of South Africa this year, became picked in the 17-member squad after his four 100-plus rankings, in conjunction with two double a range of, in 5 county championship division two suits.
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All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who overlooked the final Indian Premier League suits with a rib damage, became also picked alongside fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
India rested loads of frontline players, in conjunction with captain Rohit Sharma and batsman Virat Kohli, and assign KL Rahul responsible of an 18-member squad for subsequent month’s home T20 sequence in opposition to South Africa.
Ancient wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and bright instant bowler Umran Malik have been picked for the 5-match sequence starting up in New Delhi on June 9.
India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
India T20 squad: KL Rahul (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik