15-member team announced for Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand! Rohit is the captain, 5 players return after years

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|19-08-2024

Team India: Team India has to play its two Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand on home soil. It is very important for Team India to win the Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand. This is because if Team India has to qualify for the final of the World Test Championship 2025 (WTC Final 2025), then both these series will have to be won by a big margin.

The selection committee may soon announce the 15-member team squad for the Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand. According to media reports, the selection committee may give a chance to many such players in its team squad for the Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand who have not played Test cricket for Team India for a long time.

Rohit Sharma will captain the team

Team India

The selection committee will give Rohit Sharma the opportunity to lead the 15-member team squad for the Test series starting against Bangladesh from 19 September and New Zealand from 16 October. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India defeated England by a huge margin of 3-1 in its last Test series. In such a situation, this time too it will be expected that Team India wins both the Test series with a score line of 5-0.

These 5 players may return to the team after years

The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar can consider giving a chance to star players like Rishabh Pant, Mayank Agarwal, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hanuma Vihari in the Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand.

Out of these 5 players, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya played their last Test match for Team India in the year 2018. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant, Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari got to play their last match in the year 2022.

Team India's probable team squad for Bangladesh and New Zealand Test series

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mukesh Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Akash Deep

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