Bangalore: Karnataka middle-order batsman Karun Nair has replaced skipper Virat Kohli for the one-off Test against Afghanistan to be played here June 14 to 18, thus making an unexpected comeback to the squad.
Ajinkya Rahane will be leading India in the historic Test against Afghanistan. However, he has not found a place in the limited over squads for the T20 series against Ireland and the three-game ODI series against England. Both these squads will be led by regular skipper Virat Kohli.
Pacemen Siddharth Kaul who has shown good form for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the ongoing edition of the IPL has been rewarded with a place in the T20 squad against Ireland.
Among other decisions taken was to rest Rohit Sharma for the Test against Afghanistan. For the ODI squad, Shreyas Iyer and Ambati Rayudu make comebacks after their impressive string of good scores in IPL-XI.
The squads
Test against Afghanistan: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma and Shardul Thakur.
T20 series against Ireland (two games) and England (three games): Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddharth Kaul and Umesh Yadav.
ODI series against England: Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(wk), Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Siddharth Kaul and Umesh Yadav.
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