WTC INDIA Squad:announced Against New Zealand

            Jadeja returns; Bhuvneshwar, Hardik miss out

India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance).

stan by player: - Abhimanyu Easwarn,Prasidh Krishna,Avesh khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla

It is expected that the selectors will pick four openers, about four to five middle-order batsmen, eight to nine pacers, four to five spinners, and two to three wicketkeepers. If a 25-member squad is selected, it is likely that Harshal Patel, who has been in top form in the seven IPL matches, could be rewarded with a maiden national cap.

Also, Prasidh Krishna – who has been picked in the limited-overs format – could get his maiden Test call. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, and Ravindra Jadeja would be making a comeback in the side.

Provisional selection

The selectors left out Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav - who were part of the team for the home series against England - while K.L. Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha were selected provisionally and will have to clear fitness tests at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru before the squad’s departure for England. While Saha contracted COVID-19 on Tuesday, Rahul underwent appendicitis surgery last week.

When Hardik was included in the Test squad for the England series a couple of months ago, the team management expected his bowling to come in handy, but a shoulder niggle resulted in Hardik not bowling during the IPL. “He was with the team during the home series, but we are told that he is still not ready to bowl. So, the selectors thought of weighing options,” a source in the BCCI said.

Arzan Nagwaswalla, a Parsi in Team India after 28 years  

OUT OF FORM 

Bowling Career 

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	7	12	1063	620	26	5/57	6/119	3.5	23.85	40.88	2	0
ODI	63	61	3366	2930	105	6/25	6/25	5.22	27.9	32.06	1	0
T20I	20	20	453	537	39	5/24	5/24	7.11	13.77	11.62	1	0
IPL	45	43	896	1236	40	4/20	4/20	8.28	30.9	22.4	0	0

WHERE IS PRTHIV SHAW AND HARDIK PANDIYA?

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	5	9	1	339	134	42.38	394	86.04	1	0	2	48	2
ODI	3	3	0	84	40	28.0	82	102.44	0	0	0	12	2
IPL	46	46	0	1134	99	24.65	776	146.13	0	0	9	136	39