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- Published: February 17, 2021 15:36
New Delhi: India have announced their squad for the last two Tests against England in Ahmedabad. Umesh Yadav will join the team in Ahmedabad and after his fitness assessment will replace Shardul Thakur, who will be released for Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Umesh will replace Shardul Thakur in the squad, and the latter will be released for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. “Umesh Yadav will join the team in Ahmedabad and after his fitness assessment will replace Shardul Thakur, who will be released for Vijay Hazare Trophy,” BCCI tweeted.
Apart from this, the selection committee has decided to not make any other change in the squad and every other player has been retained who was in the squad for the first two Tests.
Team India’s squad for last two Tests – V Kohli (Capt), R Sharma, M Agarwal, S Gill, C Pujara, A Rahane (VC), KL Rahul, H Pandya, R Pant (wk), W Saha (wk), R Ashwin, K Yadav, A Patel, W Sundar, I Sharma, J Bumrah, Md. Siraj.
Net Bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar
Standby players: KS Bharat, Rahul Chahar.
This comes after India levelled the four-match Test series 1-1 against England after an emphatic 317-run win in the second Test here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday.
WATCH | Virat Kohli’s special chat with Ashwin.
Mindset ?
Changed batting approach ?
The backstory to return to his batting form ?Don’t miss this special chat as man of the moment @ashwinravi99 speaks to #TeamIndia skipper @imVkohli – by @RajalArora. @Paytm #INDvENG
Watch the full interview ? ?https://t.co/cLihn0nLEm pic.twitter.com/Pes1IsFTVF
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 16, 2021
After defeating England in the previous match, Virat also shared some glimpses on his social media.
He wrote, “Superb character and fighting spirit on display.? Well done boys. The focus is now on the next one.”
Superb character and fighting spirit on display.? Well done boys. The focus is now on the next one. ??? pic.twitter.com/TEVceiOhYM
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 16, 2021