No Mohammed Shami; Kuldeep Yadav Dropped As India Announce Squad For BGT 2024

India’s squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed
Note: Kuldeep Yadav was unavailable for selection for the tour of Australia since he has been referred to the BCCI Centre of Excellence after the end of the ongoing Test series against New Zealand for long term resolution of his chronic left groin issue.
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Border Gavaskar Trophy I 2024-25 | ||||||
S. No. | Date (From) | Date (To) | Match | Venue | ||
1 | Friday | 22-Nov-24 | Tuesday | 26-Nov-24 | 1st Test | Perth Stadium, Perth |
2 | Friday | 06-Dec-24 | Tuesday | 10-Dec-24 | 2nd Test (D/N) | Adelaide Oval |
3 | Saturday | 14-Dec-24 | Wednesday | 18-Dec-24 | 3rd Test | The Gabba, Brisbane |
4 | Thursday | 26-Dec-24 | Monday | 30-Dec-24 | 4th Test | MCG, Melbourne |
5 | Friday | 03-Jan-25 | Tuesday | 07-Jan-25 | 5th Test | SCG, Sydney |
Kohli gave advice to Siraj which Rohit opposed but Virat explained him and said it will get us a wicket and next ball Smith got out.
Mastermind Kohli 🫡pic.twitter.com/4heLTpSA5G https://t.co/pxTi0ngPiH
— Ayush (@yush_18) December 18, 2024