The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the Indian squad for the June 7-11 World Test Championship final against Australia. Return of experienced middle order batsman Ajinkya Rahane The biggest takeaway was the announcement of the team for the marquee event to be held at The Oval, London. There were some notable omissions from the team that played in India’s most recent Test series against Australia Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav And Ishan Kishan, Another aspect that surprised everyone was that there was no vice-captain named in the team. Normally, a vice-captain is usually named when the Indian cricket team tours abroad.
India recently named KL Rahul as vice-captain for the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at home. Again, no vice-captain was named for the Third and Fourth Tests of the series. Rahul is part of the World Cup final team. Although he has not been made the vice-captain.
According to PTI report, Cheteshwar Pujara May be asked to take over the duties of vice-captain. However, Twitter missed the development that no vice-captain was officially named for the WTC final.
No vice captain? https://t.co/LHhxXnEcJi
– Sahil 🇮🇳 (@Cric8_Expert) April 25, 2023
Although this is unfair. Why is he not the captain or at least the vice captain.#crickettwitter #wtc final https://t.co/Gq1Gl99LRH pic.twitter.com/Q7vG1EOZed
— Mrityunjay Dubey (@mddubey409) April 25, 2023
Why is the BCCI hesitating to nominate the vice-captain?@BCCI pic.twitter.com/iNtB7uI3GD
Jai Hind (@kannandelhi) April 25, 2023
Rahane’s return after 15 months was as expected shreyas iyerHe was ruled out of the grand finale due to a back injury. Iyer recently underwent a surgery in the UK to treat a stress fracture in his lower back.
Rahane was in controversy, it was reported by PTI in its report on 10 April.
Rahane last played a Test match in January 2022 against South Africa in Cape Town.
Their selection has more to do with carrying enough experienced batsmen in the line-up as Indian teams have had their share of struggles in SENA countries during such a game.
The 34-year-old, who led Mumbai through the entire domestic season, scored nearly 700 runs but most notably, he improved his attacking play in the IPL and looked more purposeful than ever with a strike-rate of 190. Are. Seven games so far.
led the rest of the squad Rohit Sharma Was on the estimated lines.
India’s Test Team WTC Final: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman GillCheteshwar Pujara, Virat KohliAjinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharath (Week), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mo. Shami, Mohd. siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
with PTI inputs
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