Rahane’s return after 15 months was anticipated as Shreyas Iyer’s again harm dominated him out of the grand finale. Iyer has undergone surgical procedure within the UK for a stress fracture in his decrease again.
Rahane performed the final of his 82 Take a look at matches in January 2022 in opposition to South Africa in Cape City.
The BCCI on Tuesday introduced the Rohit Sharma-led squad which incorporates three spinners in R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel moreover 5 pacers in Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav and Jaydev Unadkat.
KS Bharath is the designated wicket-keeper within the squad as Rishabh Pant stays unavailable whereas recovering from accidents sustained in a automobile accident final December.
Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, who had been a part of the house sequence in opposition to Australia, had been dropped.
Indian contingent:Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat
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