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India are all set to travel to Australia to take on the reigning WTC champions in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024. This is the first time that India will be travelling Down Under since the iconic 2-1 series win in 2020/21. As the squad was announced for the tour which is set to begin on November 22, there were quite a few changes. Players who were part of the squad then could not make it to the side for the series now, while there are some new faces in the squad as well.
Here are the changes in the squad for the side:
Batters
The biggest names missing from the squad are Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. The latter in fact captained the side in the final three Test matches after Kohli left the team after the first Test. Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari too miss out from the squad. The new additions to the 2024 side are the sensational Yashasvi Jaiswal, debutant Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sarfaraz Khan. Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retain their places.
Wicketkeepers
Rishabh Pant and Wriddhiman Saha were the two wicketkeeper-batters in the India side for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2021. While Pant keeps his spot, Dhruv Jurel replaces Saha as the second-choice.
All-Rounders
Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar are the three spin- bowling all-rounders in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2021. They retain their place in 2024. The pace bowling all-rounder role sees a change as Nitish Kumar Reddy comes in place of Shardul Thakur.
Bowlers
The Indian bowlers part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2021, but not part of the 2024 side are Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and T Natarajan. Shami was supposed to be selected this time as well, but an injury has forced him out. Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana are the additions to the squad. Navedep Saini was part of the main squad in 2021, but is a travelling reserve this time around. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj are the players who are part of both sides
India Squads For Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2021:
1st and 2nd Test: Virat Kohli (c), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
3rd and 4th Test: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Hanuma Vihari, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur
India Squad For Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024
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