The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has announced the Indian squad for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy set to be held in Australia from 17 November 2020 to 19 January 2021. The series will comprise three T20Is, three ODIs, and four tests, and will take place in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, and Brisbane.
Virat Kohli will be leading the side in all three formats. KL Rahul has been appointed dual responsibilities of vice-captain and wicket-keeper for the limited-overs while Ajinkya Rahane will don the vice-captain’s role in Tests.
Rishabh Pant has been sidelined for both ODIs and T20Is while Sanju Samson has been roped in as a second wicket-keeper for the shortest format.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy gets his maiden T20I call-up. And not to forget, pacers Mohammed Siraj and Navdeep Saini have been picked for the longer format.
Here’s the complete squad of Team India for the forthcoming tour of Australia in 2020-21
T20I Squad: Virat Kohli (c) Mayank Agarwal, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (vc & wk), Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Navdeep Saini.
ODI Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Shubman Gill, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (vc & wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mayank Agarwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini.
Test Squad: Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant (wk), Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj.
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Ishan Porel, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, T Natarajan, and Kartik Tyagi have been added to the squad as additional bowlers.
Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma suffered injuries during the IPL 2020 underway in UAE and thus, BCCI medical team will keep a check on their progress for the upcoming series.
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Indian cricket team last toured Australia in 2018-19, wherein the sealed a 2-1 victory in the ODIs and drew the T20Is by 1-1. In Tests, the Virat Kohli-led side had won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a margin of 2-1 and in doing so, the became the first Asian side to win a series in Australia.
Here are the dates for the much-coveted India tour of Australia 2020-21
ODIs
1st ODI: November 27, SCG.
2nd ODI: November 29, SCG.
3rd ODI: December 1, Manuka Oval.
T20Is
1st T20I: December 4, Manuka Oval.
2nd T20I: December 6, SCG.
3rd T20I: December 8, SCG.
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Tests
1st Test: December 17-21, Adelaide Oval (Pink ball Test).
2nd Test: December 26-31, MCG.
3rd Test: January 7-11, SCG.
4th Test: January 15-19, Brisbane.
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