Shami’s younger brother is the captain, farewell match for Bhuvneshwar and Dhawan, this will be the 15-member Indian team in Bangladesh Test series

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|05-08-2024

Mohammed Shami: The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka, where Team India is playing the ODI series after winning the T20 series. After this series, the Indian cricket team has to play two series against Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) on its home ground. In this series, a two-match Test series and a three-match T20 series are to be played. In this series, Team India's fast bowler Mohammed Shami may return to Team India.

Mohammed Shami's younger brother Shubman Gill can become captain

Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill may be appointed as the captain of Team India in the two-Test series to be played against Bangladesh. Team India's Test team captain Rohit Sharma and vice-captain Jaspreet Bumrah may take rest in the Test series against Bangladesh. In such a situation, Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir can appoint Shubman Gill as the captain. Mohammad Shami and Gill play for the same team in Team India and IPL and Gill calls Shami brother because he is younger.

Sikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar may get a farewell match

Left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan, who has been out of the Indian cricket team for a long time, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who is called the swing king of Team India, may return to Team India during the two-Test series against Bangladesh and both these players may get a chance for a farewell match. In such a situation, if both these players return to Team India, then both these players can announce retirement after this series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar played his last Test match for Team India in 2018 and Shikhar Dhawan played his last Test match for Team India against England in 2018.

Team India could be like this in the Test series against Bangladesh

Shubman Gill (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel.

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