Mumbai, Dec 8, 2008 : On Wednesday, the Indian cricket team announced their 18-member team for the 3-match Test series against South Africa that will begin on December 26. The Test series will be part of the new cycle for the ICC World Test Championship.
Virat Kohli will be the captain of the team, but Rohit Sharma has been appointed vice-captain for the Test team.Under pressure, Ajinkya Rahane kept his place in the squad.
The Chetan Sharma-led selection panel also announced that Rohit Sharma would lead India’s ODI and T20I teams moving forward.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee also voted to name Mr Rohit Singh as the Captain for the ODI & T20I team going forward,” the BCCI stated in a statement.
In the statement, it was also stated that Shubman Gill and Rahul Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill were unable to be selected due to injuries.They are currently undergoing rehabilitation.
India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd.Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md.Siraj.
Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
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