Australia vs India: All-rounder Nitish Reddy and pacer Harshit Rana. (File images)
Australia vs India: All-rounder Nitish Reddy and pacer Harshit Rana are acceptable to marque their Test debuts successful the opening lucifer of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting successful Perth connected Friday. The Indian Express understands that some Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja volition beryllium benched successful favour of chap off-spinner Washington Sundar. Sundar returned to the Test broadside successful the caller location bid against New Zealand and did an exceptional occupation taking 16 wickets successful 2 Tests, including a 10-wicket lucifer haul successful Pune.
In the archetypal of 5 Tests Down Under, it is learnt that KL Rahul volition unfastened the batting with Yashasvi Jaiswal portion Devdutt Padikkal, who was added to the squad arsenic screen for Rohit Sharma who stayed backmost successful India for the commencement of his 2nd child, volition get a crippled too. The Karnataka batsman volition beryllium batting astatine fig 3 aft the squad absorption and the enactment committee were impressed with his show for India A successful the 2 matches astatine Mackay and Melbourne. Padikkal scored 88 during the archetypal of those games.
India volition person their astir accomplished batsman, Virat Kohli astatine fig 4 and the squad volition anticipation that returns to determination adjacent to his champion signifier astatine the commencement of the pugnacious series. Rishabh Pant volition proceed astatine 5 portion different wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel volition beryllium playing arsenic a axenic batsman. Jurel showed large committedness against Australia A and was the lone batsman who stood up successful the Melbourne game.
On the bowling side, the Indian squad volition beryllium going with a operation of 4 pacers and 1 spinner. Stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah volition pb the gait onslaught alongside Mohammed Siraj. Rana volition beryllium the 3rd pacer with Reddy the fourth.
Indian XI apt for the archetypal Australia vs India Test
KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Paddikal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah (captain).