15-member Team India fixed for New Zealand Test series, these 4 great players including Pujara included for the farewell match

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|03-10-2024

Team India: The Indian cricket team is currently in excellent form and in this series, Team India recently registered a win against Bangladesh. India won the two-match Test series 2-0.

Now the next challenge for Team India is going to be from New Zealand, where a 3-match Test series will be played between the two teams. Team India for this series can be announced soon and some veteran players can be included in the team for their farewell match.

Keeping WTC in mind, Team India would like to win against New Zealand

Team India

Actually, the final match of the third edition of WTC is to be played next year i.e. 2025. In such a situation, this test series against the Kiwi team is going to be very important. If Team India is successful in winning this series, then the path to the final is going to be very easy for them.

At present, Rohit Sharma and company are on the first position in the WTC points table with 74.24 percent points and if they win all three matches against Blackcaps, then they will have to draw only one match against Australia and then they are sure to reach the final. Will be done.

These 4 players including Cheteshwar Pujara may get a chance

In this Test series against New Zealand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) can give farewell matches to some stalwarts and Cheteshwar Pujara's name is included in this list. Pujara has played more than 100 test matches for India and in such a situation he can be given a farewell match.

Apart from Pujara, star batsman Ajinkya Rahane's name can also be included in this list and he can be given a chance in Team India in the Test series against New Zealand. Rahane has also performed well for India in test matches.

Apart from these two giants, fast bowler Ishant Sharma can also be given a chance in this series. Ishant has taken more than 300 wickets for India in Test cricket and that is why he can be given a chance, while star pacer Umesh Yadav can also be included in Team India.

India's probable team for New Zealand test series

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj. , Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma.

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