Rishabh Pant performs a shot throughout the Duleep Trophy match.
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Rishabh Pant on Sunday returned to the Check aspect after practically 20 months as India introduced their 16-man squad for the opening match of the 2 Check sequence towards Bangladesh beginning on September 19.
Virat Kohli additionally returned to the Check aspect having missed the five-Check sequence towards England at house earlier this yr.
Having performed within the second and remaining Check towards Bangladesh at Mirpur from December 22-25, 2022, Pant had met a highway accident a couple of days afterward December 30 and made his return to prime flight cricket solely in IPL this yr.
The 26-year-old swashbuckling batter returned to the nationwide aspect of their title-winning marketing campaign within the T20 World Cup.
Nonetheless, Mohammed Shami didn’t make it to the Check aspect despite the fact that chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar had earlier expressed that the right-arm seamer was focusing on a return within the first Check towards Bangladesh.
Left-arm Uttar Pradesh seamer Yash Dayal additionally earned a maiden call-up to the Indian staff for the opening Check.
India’s lengthy Check season begins with the primary of the 2 Assessments towards Bangladesh in Chennai, beginning on September 19.
The second Check of the sequence will likely be performed on the Inexperienced Park Stadium in Kanpur from September 27 to October 1.
India and Bangladesh have performed 13 Assessments thus far through which the previous has received 11 occasions whereas two have led to attracts.
Bangladesh will enter this sequence having recorded a historic 2-0 win over Pakistan within the opponent’s yard whereas will probably be India’s first Check project since beating England 4-1 at house in January-March earlier this yr.
India squad for 1st Check: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.
Revealed – September 08, 2024 10:23 pm IST
