Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Selectors ponder Nitish Kumar Reddy for Tests against Australia

The elder enactment committee is expected to conscionable successful Pune aft the 2nd Test betwixt India and New Zealand. The Indian squad is expected to depart for Perth connected November 10.

Since this a agelong circuit and involves 5 Tests, the Indian squad volition beryllium travelling with a large contingent including nett bowlers.

It is understood that selectors volition besides sermon the inclusion of Shardul Thakur, who played a cardinal relation successful the celebrated Gabba Test successful 2022. Thakur has returned from wounded and is playing for Mumbai successful the ongoing Ranji Trophy season. He played a important relation successful Mumbai winning past season’s Ranji Trophy.

It is understood that it could good travel down to Reddy and Thakur vying for 1 spot. Reddy is seen arsenic an all-rounder for the future, who has the imaginable to adjacent play agelong format.

The 33-year-old Thakur hasn’t been portion of the India broadside since the past South Africa circuit successful December 2023, but has been featuring consistently successful home cricket.

The upcoming A bid against Australia could crook retired to beryllium important for Reddy. Part of the India A squad that is scheduled to play 2 first-class matches connected October 31 and November 7, the selectors are keen to spot whether helium tin negociate the workload of bowling 10-15 overs a day. He volition besides get a accidental to impressment the squad absorption successful the intra-squad signifier crippled that is scheduled earlier the archetypal Test.

The batting-all-rounder from Andhra has played 21 archetypal people games till present and tin bat successful the middle-order and vessel with a decent pace. The enactment committee is expected to instrumentality six seamers for the five-match Test series.