Team India has to tour Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 5 test matches will be played between the two teams. This tour will start from 22nd November. This series is going to be very important for the Indian team to make it to the final of the World Test Championship. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has also announced Team India for this tour. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, a squad of total 18 players will go to Australia, which also includes 3 reserve players. Let us tell you, Team India last went to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2020-21. Then the Indian team had won 2-1.
The entire team changed for Australia tour
Team India has been dominating in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the last few years. India has managed to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on both its previous tours to Australia. The tour of the year 2020-21 was quite historic for Team India. The Indian team made a comeback after falling behind in the series. Many players of Team India were injured on this tour and Virat Kohli returned to India only after the first match. Despite all these problems, the less experienced Indian team was successful in defeating Australia. But the 11 players who contributed to Team India’s victory during that tour are not part of the squad this time.
These 11 players were part of the team on the last Australia tour
Virat Kohli was the captain of Team India during the last Australia tour. But he played only 1 match. After this Ajinkya Rahane took over the captaincy. But this time Ajinkya Rahane is not a part of the team, he has been struggling to make his place in the team for some time. Apart from Rahane, senior batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has also not been selected in the team. At the same time, Mayank Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav and T Natarajan are also included in the list, who were part of Team India’s historic victory on the last Australia tour.
Star spinner Kuldeep Yadav has not been selected for this tour due to injury. BCCI said in the press release that Kuldeep has been suffering from a groin problem for a long time and to cure it, he will work under the supervision of the BCCI medical team in Bengaluru. At the same time, Mohammed Shami has also missed being a part of this team due to injury. On the other hand, Shardul Thakur has also not got a chance to tour Australia. These three players were also part of the Indian team on the 2020-21 Australia tour.
