NEW DELHI: Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s crimson-sizzling develop for Sussex earned him a location within the India squad on Sunday for the one-off Test against England in July.
India had been 2-1 forward when the last Test at Venerable Trafford in September used to be 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 365 days, used to be picked within the 17-member squad after his four 100-plus scores, including two double a total bunch, in 5 county championship division two suits.
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All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who overlooked the last Indian Premier League suits with a rib hurt, used to be also picked alongside fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
India rested several frontline avid gamers, including captain Rohit Sharma and batsman Virat Kohli, and put aside KL Rahul in payment of an 18-member squad for subsequent month’s home T20 series against South Africa.
Passe wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and challenging instant bowler Umran Malik had been picked for the 5-match series starting up in Contemporary 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