Debut of 2 new openers in Duleep Trophy, 2 young all-rounders included in place of Ashwin-Jadeja, Team India announced for New Zealand series

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|18-09-2024

Team India: Team India has to play a 2 Test match series against Bangladesh from 19 September. After playing the Test series and T20 series against Bangladesh, Team India has to play a 3 Test match series against New Zealand. For which the selection committee can soon announce the 15-member team squad.

Regarding the selection of Team India against New Zealand, reports are coming out that Ajit Agarkar can give a chance to debut to two young openers who performed brilliantly in the Duleep Trophy. On the other hand, some reports are also claiming that the selection committee can give a chance to these two young players in the team squad instead of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.

Abhimanyu and Rituraj Gaikwad may get a chance to debut in Test cricket

Team India

Abhimanyu Easwaran and Rituraj Gaikwad, who are captaining India B and India C in the Duleep Trophy, have also performed brilliantly for their respective teams as players.

Due to which the selection committee can include Rituraj Gaikwad and Abhimanyu Easwaran in the squad of Team India for the 3 Test match series against New Zealand and give them a chance to debut in Test cricket.

Washington and Manav Suthar may get a chance in Team India

Regarding the team selection against New Zealand, reports are coming that the selection committee may rest Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja from the 3 Test match series.

If this happens, then as an alternative to these two legendary spin all-rounders, the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar can give Washington Sundar and Manav Suthar a chance to join the team squad.

Shubman may get the responsibility of captaincy instead of Rohit

The selection committee can give rest to the senior players of Team India for the 3 Test match series against New Zealand. Due to which Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli can also be given rest as batsmen. Due to which it is believed that instead of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill can get a chance to captain Team India in the New Zealand Test series.

Team India's probable team squad for New Zealand Test series

Rituraj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill (Captain), KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal and Akash Deep

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