India vs Australia: No change in Team India for last two Tests | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After India’s superb performances in the first two Tests against Australia, the BCCI’s selection committee on Sunday decided to retain the same squad for the third and fourth Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The selectors once again showed their faith in out-of-form vice-captain KL Rahul by retaining him for the last two matches of the series.
Rahul’s prolonged lean patch has become a huge talking point and the clamours of dropping him from the team has been growing with each passing day.

Seasoned left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat, who was part of the squad for the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy but was released to represent Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy final against Bengal, is back in the team for the remaining two matches.
Fresh from leading Saurashtra to a Ranji Trophy title triumph, Unadkat has also made a comeback to the ODI squad for the limited overs series that will take place after the Test rubber.
Speedster Jasprit Bumrah, who has been out of action at the international level since September 2022 due to back issues, and missed the T20 World Cup, Bangladesh tour, and the home series versus Sri Lanka and New Zealand, is not part of either the Test or the ODI team and will return to play during the IPL.
The third Test will be played in Indore from March 1 while Ahmedabad will host the fourth and last Test.
The Indian team for the upcoming three-match ODI series has also been announced with Rohit Sharma leading the side.
However, Rohit will not feature in the series opener and Hardik Pandya will lead the side in his absence.
“Mr Rohit Sharma will be unavailable for the first ODI due to family commitments and Mr Hardik Pandya will lead the side in the first ODI,” BCCI release said.
The first ODI of the series will be played on March 17 in Mumbai followed by 2nd ODI in Visakhapatnam on March 19 and 3rd ODI in Chennai on March 22.
India’s Test squad for third and fourth Test against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), K L Rahul, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
India’s ODI squad against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, K L Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (Vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Jaydev Unadkat.
(With PTI Inputs)