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Uncapped Player selected In Rohit Sharma's Place For Test Series!

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   11 Dec 2022 2:47 PM GMT
Uncapped Player selected In Rohit Sharmas Place For Test Series!
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The Indian team which bounced back in the last ODI played against Bangladesh and managed to escape the series sweep is all set to play a Test series with the Bangla Tigers. The Test series will start on the 14th of this month and ahead of this BCCI announced the full squad.

As a big concern for the Indian team, skipper Rohit Sharma was not selected due to his injury. It is known that he injured his thumb in the second ODI. Despite this, he played a heroic inning and could not take his team towards victory.

It is said that Rohit Sharma was advised to take some rest and he was not selected for teh Test series. BCCI took to Twitter to announce the news. In his absence, KL Rahul will lead the team as skipper while Pant will be his deputy.

Uncapped player Abhimanyu Easwaran was named as Rohit Sharma's replacement. Jaydev Unadkat was also selected for the Test series. After a long time, Jajdev was given a chance to represent India.

"Changes to #TeamIndia's squad for the Test series against Bangladesh.Rohit Sharma ruled out of 1st Test. KL Rahul to lead. Abhimanyu Easwaran named as replacement. Mohd Shami & Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of Test series. Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar replace them," BCCI said on Twitter.

Full Squad For Test Series:KL Rahul (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat