New Delhi: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will miss the remaining two ODIs of the ongoing five-match series against Sri Lanka due to a forearm injury and is going to miss the first Test against Australia.
The national selectors in Mumbai on Monday picked Team India for the four-Test series against Australia. Karn Sharma and Lokesh Rahul have made the cut. Suresh Raina, who has also been included, last played a Test match during the 2012 New Zealand tour of India.
Stuart Binny, who was earlier taken to England for a five-match Test series has been dropped. Karn Sharma has made it to the Test team for the first time after an excellent performance for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL this year and also in 2013. Naman Ojha and Wriddhiman Saha will be the two back-up keepers in the squad considering Dhoni will most likely not be available for the first Test.
BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said that Dhoni’s right thumb is injured and he will join the squad after the first Test. Patel also clarified that the squad has 18 members. Naman Ojha has been included as a back-up to Saha for the first Test. “Ojha will come back once Dhoni joins the squad after the first Test. (Naman Feels he is at his Best)
Test Squad for Australia:MS Dhoni (captain), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Wriddhiman Saha, Naman Ojha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Karn Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron.
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