Bumrah becomes the vice-captain of the Test team: Indian team announced for the home series against New Zealand, Shami not fit yet

The team will be captained by Rohit Sharma (right). Jasprit Bumrah will be the vice-captain.

A 15-member Indian team has been announced for the Test series against New Zealand starting from October 16. Apart from these, four traveling reserves have also been kept. Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain. No vice-captain of the Indian team was selected for the two-match series against Bangladesh. It is believed that BCCI is looking at Bumrah as the future captain of the Test team after Rohit Sharma.

The team’s fast bowler Mohammed Shami is not fully fit yet. He has not got a place in the team. Shami is recovering from an ankle injury, for which he had undergone surgery earlier this year. He has been out of the field since the 2023 ODI World Cup final due to injury. Left arm pacer Yash Dayal is out due to injury. He was in the Indian squad for the Bangladesh series.

The first test will be played in Bengaluru from October 16. New Zealand team is visiting India for a three-match test series. A three-match Test series will be played between India and New Zealand from October 16. Its first match will be played in Bengaluru.

Indian team’s batting line-up strong The batting line-up of the Indian team is very strong. Along with Rohit, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are part of the team. The selectors have also included Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel in the team. All-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have also got a chance in the team.

India’s team for three test matches against New Zealand Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav. , Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep.

Traveling Reserve: Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna.

New Zealand squad for India tour Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, William O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd Test) Third Test), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson and Will Young.

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