NEW DELHI: Pacer Mohammed
Shami
, who is still recovering from an ankle injury, was not included in the Indian side for the first two Tests against England, starting January 25 in Hyderabad.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday night announced the 16-man squad for the first two matches of the five-Test series and the side also did not have wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan in it.
Gloveman
Dhruv Jurel
got a maiden Test call-up while pacer Avesh Khan was also included in the squad. KL Rahul and KS Bharat are the other two wicketkeeper-batters in the squad.
Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel are back in spin-heavy squad which will be led by veteran R Ashwin.
India squad for first 2 Tests vs England:
Rohit Sharma
(C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal,
Virat Kohli
, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan
England's 16-man squad: Ben Stokes, Rehan Ahmed, James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood
Schedule
1st Test: India v England, 25-29 January, Hyderabad
2nd Test: India v England, 2-6 February, Vizag
3rd Test: India v England, 15-19 February, Rajkot
4th Test: India v England, 23-27 February, Ranchi
5th Test: India v England, 7-11 March, Dharamsala
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