India’s skipper, Virat Kohli has confirmed his unavailability for the remainder of the India vs Australia series after the first test. The father to be to have to take care of his wife, Anushka Sharma, who will b delivering their first child.
The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has granted him leave for his paternal matters and has chosen Rohit Sharma as his replacement for the test matches. Sharma, who suffered a hamstring injury during the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020), has been given green signals assured of his health as he captained his team in the qualifier 1 round.
Notably, the Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper missed four matches of the ongoing cash-rich league that were led by Kieron Pollard.
India vs Australia, test-match series: Rohit Sharma named as Kohli’s replacement after the first test
Here are the revised squads for all three formats:
Team India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.
Team India ODI squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper).
Team India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj.
