IND Vs AUS: Shreyas Iyer will be a part of the Indian Test team for the match against Australia that will begin on February 17 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Due to a back injury, the right-handed hitter was unable to play in the opening Test at Nagpur’s VCA Stadium. Suryakumar Yadav received his first Test cap in his place. Iyer “successfully finished his rehab” at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, and the BCCI medical panel has now given the player the all-clear to play.
If Iyer is selected for the starting lineup, one of Suryakumar or KS Bharat must step aside. KL Rahul is most likely to don the keeping gloves in that situation if Bharat is benched. KS Bharat also received his first test cap in the first test against Australia.
India performed admirably in the first Test in Nagpur, winning by an enormous margin of an innings and 132 runs. They then gained an important 1-0 lead in the four-match series.
As a result of his 70 runs scored and seven wickets taken, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings, Ravindra Jadeja was named Player of the Match. In addition, Rohit Sharma performed a captain’s knock, hitting 120 runs in India’s first innings, becoming the fastest Indian to 450 Test wickets.
IND Vs AUS: Playing XI
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Srikar Bharat (wk), Suryakumar Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami.
Australia (Playing XI): Pat Cummins (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (w), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Todd Murphy.
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