IND vs ENG: India announce squad to face England for first 2 Tests, Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan miss out as Dhruv Jurel gets maiden call up

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday announced the team for the first 2 Tests against England with Rohit Sharma set to lead the team and Jasprit Bumrah as his deputy.

Ishan Kishan was still absent from the Test team as well after not getting selected for the Afghanistan T20Is with Dhruv Jurel coming into the team.

Prasidh Krishna who according to reports picked up an injury during a Ranji match did not maker it into the squad and Avesh Khan came into the team. Mohammed Shami who is still yet to regain fitness was also absent from the squad.

🚨 NEWS 🚨#TeamIndia‘s squad for the first two Tests against England announced 🔽

Rohit Sharma (C ), S Gill, Y Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, S Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit…

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 12, 2024

Pace bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur also missed out but left-arm spinner Axar Patel made an expected comeback to the side.

However, the inclusion of Uttar Pradesh player Jurel headlined the selection.

The 22-year-old was a part of India A squad that played two matches against their South African counterparts in December last year.

He had made a 69 in the second match at Benoni and more recently made a 63 for UP against Kerala in a first round group game of the Ranji Trophy at Alappuzha.

Jurel, who had made his First-Class debut last year against Vidarbha, has so far made 790 runs from 15 matches at an average of 46 with a hundred and five fifties in the domestic circuit.

Meanwhile, Kishan had made himself available for the T20Is against Afghanistan, but was dropped despite opener Ruturaj Gaikwad being unavailable for selection.

However, coach Dravid said on Wednesday that the left-hander will be back into the national fold once he makes himself available for selection, but he must perform in domestic cricket.

Meanwhile, as reported by this newspaper earlier, Shami will miss the first two Test matches against England starting from January 25 as he hasn’t resumed bowling post his ankle injury.

Shami was included in the Test squad against South Africa that was announced on November 30 but the 33-year-old’s availability was subject to his recovery post treatment.

India squad for 1st 2 Tests vs England: Rohit Sharma (C ), S Gill, Y Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, S Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan.

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