17-member Indian team selected for the Test series against New Zealand! Bumrah becomes captain, Rohit-Kohli dropped

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|20-07-2024

Rohit Sharma: Team India will soon leave for Sri Lanka tour, where Team India will play three-match T20I and three-match ODI series. Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been given place in Team India in the ODI team. After the Sri Lanka tour, the Indian cricket team will take part in the Test series against New Zealand (IND vs NZ). Team India will take part in a three-match Test series against New Zealand on its home ground.

May be out of Test series against New Zealand Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma

After Rohit Sharma left the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup, he may now be dropped from the Test series against New Zealand. After playing the ODI series against Sri Lanka and the Test series against Bangladesh, Team India has to play a five-match Test series against Australia. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma can take rest from the Test series against the Kiwis on home soil and start preparing for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

Virat Kohli can also take rest

Former Indian cricket team captain and star batsman Virat Kohli may take rest from the Test series against New Zealand. Virat Kohli may return to London to his family once again after playing the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In such a situation, he can directly join Team India during the Border Gavaskar Trophy. And he may ask for leave from BCCI from the Test series against New Zealand.

Jasprit Bumrah can be made captain

Jaspreet Bumrah can be seen in the role of captain of Team India for the Test series against New Zealand. Jaspreet Bumrah has captained the Test team before and he is the vice-captain of the Indian Test team. In such a situation, Jaspreet Bumrah can be seen captaining Team India for the three-match Test series against New Zealand.

This could be the 17-member Indian team

Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardik Pandya.

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