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Virat Kohli to take paternity leave, Rohit Sharma to play only Test series

Mayank Kumar


After receiving a list of injury concerns, the All-India Senior Selection Committee met today to address the issues of players’ availability for the upcoming tour of Australia. Although there were many takeaways of the meeting, captain Virat Kohli’s paternity leave which will begin after the first Test of the series starting December 17 and the addition of Rohit Sharma to the Test squad were the major developments. However, Rohit has been rested from the limited-overs leg of the tour.

The selection committee has maintained its view on Ishant Sharma and said that he is still being monitored by the BCCI medical team and his inclusion to the Test team will take place after he fully recovers from his injury at the National Cricket Academy.  Addressing another injury concerns about the Test squad, the selection committee observed that Test wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has injured his both hamstrings and that a call on his availability will be taken later by the committee.


A promising entry into international cricket has turned into disappointment for Varun Chakravarthy who has been ruled out of the T20 series down under due to a shoulder injury he picked up in the IPL. However, the pain of Varun has become the gain for T Natarajan who has been named as the replacement of the spinner in the T20 series against Australia. Natarajan has been hailed for his impeccable skills of bowling accurate yorkers consistently and he has been rewarded for excellent showings in the IPL 2020. 


Team India T20I squad

Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan.

Team India ODI squad

Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper).

Team India Test squad

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Mohd. Siraj.

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