India Tour of Australia is confirmed and BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India) has also announced the full squad of India in all three formats i.e. ODI, T20 and Test. There are many unexpected changes done in the full squad, many new players are debuting in this series and many old players are not playing in this series.
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Major Changes
• Rohit Sharma is out of the full tour due to his left leg hamstring.
• Varun Chakravarthy who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL has been picked for T20 series. He has not played any match for India.
• KL Rahul has been picked as Vice Captain in place of Rohit Sharma in all three formats.
• Mayank Aggrawal will be having his T20 debut.
• Sanju Samson will be replacing Rishabh Pant in T20 format.
• Youngster Shubhman Gill will be also playing his first ODI match.
• Mohammad Siraj will be playing in place Ishant Sharma in Test Series.
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Full Squad
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ODI Series
- Virat Kohli (capt)
- Shikhar Dhawan
- KL Rahul (vc & wk)
- Shreyas Iyer
- Shubhman Gill
- Manish Pandey
- Mayank Aggrawal
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Navdeep Saini
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammad Shami
- Shardul Thakur
Believed 11
- KL Rahul / Mayank Aggrawal
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Virat Kohli
- Shreyas Iyer
- Manish Pandey / Shubhman Gill
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Mohammad Shami
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Shardul Thakur/ Navdeep Saini
There will be an imbalance in the whole team due to Rohit Sharma's absence. Mayank Aggrawal's placement in the team will also be an confusion. There can be many opening combinations : KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul and Mayank Aggrawal, Shubhman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan. So India has to select thoughtfully that who will open.
T20 Series
- Virat Kohli (capt)
- Shikhar Dhawan
- KL Rahul
- Sanju Samson
- Shreyas Iyer
- Mayank Aggrawal
- Manish Pandey
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Mohammad Shami
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Washington Sundar
- Navdeep Saini
- Deepak Chahar
Believed 11
- KL Rahul
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Virat Kohli
- Sanju Samson
- Shreyas Iyer
- Mayank Aggrawal/ Manish Pandey
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja/ Washington Sundar/ Varun Chakravarthy
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Mohammad Shami / Deepak Chahar / Navdeep Saini
- Jasprit Bumrah
Test Series
- Virat Kohli (C)
- Prithvi Shaw
- Ajinkya Rahane (vc)
- Mayank Aggrawal
- KL Rahul (wk)
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Shubhman Gill
- Hanuma Vihari
- Rishabh Pant (wk)
- Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
- Navdeep Saini
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Mohammad Shami
- Mohammad Siraj
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Umesh Yadav
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Kuldeep Yadav
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