5 old players return, KL Rahul captain, Iyer vice-captain, 15-member Team India announced for the Test series starting on 19 September

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|03-07-2024

Team India: After winning the T20 World Cup, Team India will play a series of 5 T20 matches on the Zimbabwe tour. After playing 5 T20 matches on the Zimbabwe tour, Team India will go on a Sri Lanka tour. There, Team India has to play 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches. In the Test format, Team India will play its match against Bangladesh on 19 September at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

For the Test series against Bangladesh starting from September 19, the selection committee can give the captaincy of the team to KL Rahul and vice-captaincy to Shreyas Iyer. At the same time, according to media reports, 5 old Indian players can be given a chance in the team squad to be selected against Bangladesh.

KL Rahul will be given the captaincy in the Test series against Bangladesh

Team India

For the Bangladesh Test series starting from September 19, the selection committee can rest veteran Indian players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Siraj and Jaspreet Bumrah.

On the other hand, the selection committee can give the responsibility of captaincy of Team India to KL Rahul, while the responsibility of vice-captaincy of the team can be given to Shreyas Iyer.

5 old players may get a chance to make a comeback

The selection committee may give a chance to Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma in the Indian team for the Bangladesh Test series (IND VS BAN) starting from September 19.

According to reports in the media, BCCI wants to give these five players a chance to play in the Test series against Bangladesh so that these old players can say goodbye to international cricket from the field.

Team India's probable team squad against Bangladesh

KL Rahul (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma

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