Suryakumar, Shaw set to join team India in England

There has been a change in the Indian Test team selected for the England tour. Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan have been ruled out of the Test series due to injury. In their place, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have been included in the Test team. The BCCI has shared this information through a press release.Earlier Shubman Gill has already been ruled out of the series against England due to injury. BCCI has written in its statement that, all-rounder Washington Sundar has a right hand bowling finger injury and is not fit to bowl, he has been ruled out for the rest of the tour. On the first day of the practice match, fast bowler Avesh Khan had injured his left thumb. He was taken for an X-ray and the result confirmed the fracture. Consultation was taken regarding his injury and in the end it has been decided that it will take time for him to recover completely.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has recovered from Covid-19. He has started his preparations for the upcoming Test series after getting approval from the BCCI medical team. Bowling coaches B Arun, Wriddhiman Saha and Abhimanyu Easwaran have completed self-isolation in London and have now joined Team India in Durham.

The first test match between India and England will be played on 4 August. India’s team is going to play a series of 5 test matches against England. Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are currently playing T20 Internationals in Sri Lanka.

Indian team for Uupcloming test series vs England

Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (WK), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav