Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat and Prasidh Krishna will debut in India’s Test series against New Zealand ⁠

Nov 12, 2021

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

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Virat Kohli, who earlier opted out of the upcoming tournament,...

...will join and lead the team from the second test match in Kanpur.

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These are final players, who will be seen clashing with the New Zealand,...

...and their respective records in Test matches.

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Ajinkya Rahane (Captain)

Rahane, who is a top-order batsman, has replaced Rohit Sharma as captain of the Indian team Matches: 78 | Runs: 4,756 runs | Centuries: 12 | Avg: 39.63

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KL Rahul

Right-handed batsman who can also keep wickets. | Matches: 40 | Runs: 2,321 runs | Centuries: 6 | Avg: 35.16

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Mayank Agarwal

A prolific opening batsman made his Test debut in 2018.| | Matches: 14 | Runs: 1.052 runs | Centuries: 3 | Avg: 45.73

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Cheteshwar Pujara (vice-captain)

A defensive top-order batsman has replaced KL Rahul as the vice-captain of the Indian team. | Matches: 90 | Runs: 6,494 runs | Centuries: 18 | Avg: 45.41

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Shubman Gill

Stylish right-handed batsman was last seen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) | Matches: 8 | Runs: 414 runs | Centuries: 0 | Avg: 31.84

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Shreyas Iyer

Attacking top-order batsman was last seen in IPL in October this year | First Class matches: 54 | Runs: 813 runs | Centuries: 1 | Avg: 42.78

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Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper)

Right-handed batter and wicket-keeper of India | Matches: 38 | Runs: 1,251 runs | Centuries: 3 | Avg: 29.09

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KS Bharat (wicket-keeper)

Wicket-keeper batsman from Andhra Pradesh was last seen in this year’s IPL playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore | First Class matches: 78 | Runs: 4,283 runs | Centuries: 9 | Avg: 37.24

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Ravindra Jadeja

India’s all-rounder made his Test debut in 2012 | Matches: 40 | Runs: 2,321 runs | Centuries: 6 | Avg: 35.16

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Ravichandran Ashwin

India’s bowling all-rounder was last seen in a T20I match against Namibia | Matches: 56 | Runs: 2,145 runs | Centuries: 1 | Avg: 34.04

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Axar Patel

Left-arm spinner and all-rounder of India | Matches: 3 | Wickets: 27 | Avg: 10.59

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Jayant Yadav

Right-arm off-break bowler of India | Matches: 4 | Wickets: 11 | Avg: 33.36

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Ishant Sharma

Right-arm fast medium bowler of India | Matches: 104 | Wickets: 311 | Avg: 32.22

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Umesh Yadav

Right-arm fast bowler of India | Matches: 49 | Wickets: 154 | Avg: 30.24

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Mohammed Siraj

Right-arm fast medium bowler from Hyderabad | Matches: 9 | Wickets: 30 | Avg: 29.40

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Prasidh Krishna

Right-arm fast medium bowler was last seen in the T20 match between Karnataka and West Bengal at Guwahati | First Class matches: 9 | Wickets: 6 | Avg: 29

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