The entire team changed for the Australian tour. (Photo-Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
Team India has to tour Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. 5 test matches will be played between the two teams. This tour will start from November 22. This series will be very important for the Indian team to reach the final of the World Test Championship. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has also announced Team India for this tour. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, a total team of 18 players will go to Australia, which also includes 3 reserve players. Let us tell you that Team India last went to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2020-21. Then the Indian team won 2-1.
The entire team changed for the Australian tour
Team India has dominated the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the last few years. India managed to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in their previous two tours to Australia. The tour of the year 2020-21 was quite historic for the Indian team. The Indian team had made a comeback after falling behind in the series. Many players of the Indian team were injured on this tour and Virat Kohli returned to India only after the first match. Despite all these problems, the less experienced Indian team managed to defeat Australia. But the 11 players who contributed to Team India's victory during that tour are not part of the team this time.
These 11 players were part of the team on the last tour of Australia
Virat Kohli captained the Indian team during the last tour of Australia. But he played only 1 game. After this, Ajinkya Rahane took over the captaincy. But this time Ajinkya Rahane is not part of the team, he has been fighting for a place in the team for some time. Apart from Rahane, senior batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has also not been selected in the team. At the same time, Mayank Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Umesh Yadav and T Natarajan, who were part of Team India's historic victory in the last tour of Australia, are also included in the list.
Star spinner Kuldeep Yadav has not been selected for this tour due to injury. BCCI said in the press release that Kuldeep is suffering from a groin problem for a long time and to cure it, he will work under the supervision of the BCCI medical team in Bengaluru. At the same time, Mohammed Shami has also missed out on being a part of this team due to injury. On the other hand, Shardul Thakur has also not had the opportunity to tour Australia. These three players were also part of the Indian team in the 2020-21 tour of Australia.
