Former player Wasim Jaffer has recently announced his 16-member Indian team for the Test series against England. He has not included young opener Sai Sudarshan and dashing all-rounder Nitish Kumar in this team. Let us tell you that recently experienced openers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from Test cricket.
The five-match Test series between India and England is starting from June 20. This is India’s new World Test Championship cycle. BCCI will announce Team India for the upcoming Test series very soon. However, Wasim Jaffer has included Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul as openers in this Test series. According to the former player, Shubman Gill should play in the England Test series at number three.
Wasim Jaffer Announces His India Squad for England Test Series
Wasim Jaffer made a tweet on his official social media account in which he wrote, ‘My Team India for the upcoming England tour.’ He has selected Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul as openers, while the former player has given important responsibility to Shubman Gill as vice-captain. Shreyas Iyer and Karun Nair have been included at number four. According to the former player, wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant should play at number five and Ravindra Jadeja at number 6.
He has included Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Shardul Thakur, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Washington Sharma in the team. According to Wasim Jaffer, one of the players Arshdeep Singh, Akashdeep and Prasidh Krishna should be included in India’s squad. Not only this, he has appointed Jaspreet Bumrah as the captain of the team for the upcoming Test series.
All the players can be seen leaving their mark in the upcoming Test series. It will also be very important to see how the young players perform in the upcoming Test series. All the fans are eagerly waiting for this Test series.
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