Rishabh Pant Earns maiden Call-up To Indian Test Team

On Wednesday, Young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was named in the 18-member Indian Squad for the first three test matches against England. He has been named as the specialist wicketkeeper-batsman alongside Dinesh Karthik, who played the team’s last test match against Afghanistan in June.

Meanwhile, fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who was dropped from the Afghanistan game after failing the Yo-Yo test has made his way back into the test team. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah who picked up a thumb injury in the first T20 match against Ireland will be available for selection from second test match onwards. However, pace bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not been included in the squad due to injury concerns. The first test match will starts in Birmingham on August 1.

Rishabh Pant Earns maiden Call-up To Indian Test Team

Here is the final 18-member squad for first three test matches against England:

Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), M Vijay, Karun Nair, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (not available for 1st match) and Shardul Thakur.

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