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India Test squad for Australia tour announced; Rohit, Vijay, Parthiv return

India squad for the four-match Test series on Australia tour has been announced on Friday (October 26). Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay and Parthiv Patel are making their comeback into the squad.

India Test squad for Australia tour announced; Rohit, Vijay, Parthiv return

New Delhi, Oct 26: India squad for the four-match Test series on Australia tour has been announced on Friday (October 26). Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay and Parthiv Patel are making their comeback into the squad while out-of-form opener Shikhar Dhawan has failed to find a spot.

Murali Vijay has been rewarded for his recent good show during the county cricket in England.

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Mayank Agarwal and Mohammed Siraj - who were given a maiden call-up for the Test series against West Indies - have not been included for the Australia tour. Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel has also found a place in the Test squad. Rohit Sharma has once again earned a ticket to Australia. The Mumbaikar was dropped from the longer-format of the game after a consistently poor show against South Africa.

Young Prithvi Shaw who made a dream debut at home against Windies has also been included. All-rounder Hardik Pandya who sustained an injury during the Asia Cup has not been inducted in the team.

Team for Four Test match series against Australia: Virat Kohli (C), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

The selectors have also picked up India A team for first Four Day game against New Zealand A.

Here's the squad: M Vijay, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Parthiv Patel (wk), K Gowtham, Shahbaz Nadeem, Md Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, R Gurbani, Vijay Shankar, KS Bharath.

Story first published: Saturday, October 27, 2018, 1:39 [IST]
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