15-member Indian team selected for Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand! New captain and vice-captain appointed

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|13-07-2024

IND vs BAN: After the Sri Lanka tour, the Indian cricket team (ICT) will host the Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) cricket team for a two-match Test series. After this, Team India will play a Test series against New Zealand (IND vs NZ).

In both these Test series, Team India would like to win at any cost and would like to strengthen its position at the top of the points table of the ICC World Test Championship. Team India may get to see a new captain and vice-captain for this series.

Team India may get a new captain in the IND vs BAN test series

After returning from the Sri Lanka tour, the Indian cricket team will start its competitive cricket with a two-Test series against Bangladesh after a break of one and a half months. Team India may get a new Test captain and vice-captain in this series. Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma is currently vacationing with his family after winning the T20 World Cup and may be out of the country during the series against Bangladesh. In such a situation, Jasprit Bumrah can captain Team India during this series while Rishabh Pant can get the role of vice-captain.

The series starts from 19 September

The Test series between India vs Bangladesh will start from September 19. The first match of the Test series will be played from September 19 to September 23 and the second Test will be played from September 27. The Test series against the Kiwis will start from October 16.

Photo: Cricbuzz
Photo: Cricbuzz
Photo: Cricbuzz
Photo: Cricbuzz

Team India will be like this against Bangladesh and New Zealand

If Rohit Sharma takes rest during the Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand, then the captaincy of the Indian Test team can be given to Jaspreet Bumrah and the role of vice-captain can be given to wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma can make a comeback from the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia.

Indian team for Test series: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper, vice-captain), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Dhruv Jurel.

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