Rohit-Jaiswal opening, Gill-Kohli-Pant at number 3-4-5, Team India’s playing 11 announced for the first test.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|12-10-2024

Team India: The 3 test match series between Team India and New Zealand (IND VS NZ) is to start from 16th October. The first match of the New Zealand Test series starting from October 16 will be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir, who are present in the team management, have decided the playing 11 for the match to be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. If you also want to be aware of the playing 11 of Team India playing on the ground of Bengaluru, then you can see the section given below.

Rohit- Yashasvi will take charge of the opening

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Even in the 2 test match series against Team India and Bangladesh (IND VS BAN), only Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma were playing the responsibility of opening for Team India. Similarly, now in the Bengaluru Test match starting from October 16, only Rohit and Yashasvi will play the responsibility of opening for Team India. The same pair has been playing as openers in Test cricket for Team India for the last one year and it is believed that it will continue like this for some more time.

These veteran players may get a chance at number 3, 4 and 5.

The playing 11 that captain Rohit Sharma is planning to field on the Bengaluru ground. In that, Shubhman Gill will be at number 3, Virat Kohli at number 4 and Rishabh Pant at number 5. Earlier, in the Bangladesh Test series also, the batting order of Team India was similar. Due to which the reports are that captain Rohit Sharma will hardly decide to play the Bengaluru Test match with any changes.

Kuldeep Yadav will get a chance in place of Siraj

A change is possible in the playing 11 that will take the field against Bangladesh in Kanpur and New Zealand in Bengaluru. Reports are that Team India's spinners will be given a chance in Chinnaswamy's stadium. Due to which it is expected that captain Rohit Sharma can give a chance to Kuldeep Yadav to be included in the team's playing 11 in place of Mohammad Siraj.

Team India's probable playing 11 for Bengaluru test match

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah.

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