IND vs SL 1st Test: Team India associated with the 2 new members of the team for their Test matches against Sri Lanka
Indian team will play the first match of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka at Mohali on March 4. With this match, a new era will begin in Team India. Rohit Sharma will be seen captaining for the first time in Test matches.
At the same time, the match in Mohali will also be the 100th Test match of Virat Kohli. Before this match, two new members have been added to the coaching staff of Team India.
These two members associated with Team India
Team India is sweating heavily in the practice session on the ground of Mohali. According to the report of diggingsports, Sairaj Bahule and Apoorva Desai are associated with the Indian team’s coaching staff.
Sairaj Bahutule is a former India spinner and was part of the support staff of the team that won the U-19 World Cup recently. He has played two Test matches and eight ODIs for India. Sairaj was seen taking stock of Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling.
Have been with the team for the last week
A BCCI official has told me that the team is working with Sairaj Bahutule and a few others, but as of now, it is only temporarily.
Both Sairaj and Apoorva have been associated with the team for the past week. Apoorva Desai is a former cricketer from Gujarat. At the same time, he is also the batting coach in the NCA. Soon both will join the NCA. He is only temporarily associated with the team in Mohali.
The first match will be played on March 4
A BCCI official has ruled out any recruits for the Indian team, saying, “He will be with the team for a few more days before going back to the NCA.” The first match of the two-Test series begins in Mohali on March 4. Used to be. The second Test is in Bengaluru from March 12.
The Indian team is running in great form under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Under Rohit’s captaincy, Team India has made a clean sweep of New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka teams in T20 matches.
Now his eyes will be on winning the Test series. With the Test series against Sri Lanka, a new era will begin in the Indian team. Rohit Sharma will be seen captaining for the first time in Test matches. At the same time, Stas all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav have returned.
Four key players out
With the announcement of the team against Sri Lanka, the BCCI has dropped many veteran players from the team. Among these players, the names of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are the biggest. At the same time, Ishant Sharma and veteran wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha have also been dropped.
Apart from this, KL Rahul is going to be out of this series due to injury. Apart from this, Washington Sundar will also have to be out of the entire tour due to injury.
India Test Team for Sri Lanka
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, KS Bharat, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain), Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Saurabh Kumar.