Captain Rohit Sharma made it clear, these 3 Indian players will sit only on the bench in the New Zealand Test series.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|13-10-2024

IND vs NZ: India has to play a three-match test series against New Zealand and the Indian team for this has been announced. The command of the team will be in the hands of Rohit Sharma while vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah has been selected. This series is very important for the 15-member Team India. India will now have to win every match to make it to the WTC final. Meanwhile, it has become clear that these 3 players selected in Team India's squad can be seen sitting on the bench in the entire series.

Sarfaraz Khan

Sarfaraz Khan is finding it difficult to get a chance in the entire IND v NZ series. With KL Rahul, it does not seem that Sarfaraz will be included in the playing 11. Same thing happened in Bangladesh test series also. The biggest reason behind this is the experience of KL. KL batted with patience against Bangladesh and won the match for India. He had scored 106 runs in 2 matches. That's why Rohit will hardly give a chance to Sarfaraz Khan.

Akshar Patel

Rohit Sharma probably will not give a chance to Akshar Patel in the entire IND v NZ Test series and the Hitman had indicated this during the Bangladesh Test itself. The biggest reasons behind this are Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. Both are in good form. Ashwin even scored a century in Chennai. He scored 114 runs in 2 matches and took 11 wickets while Jadeja scored 94 runs along with taking 9 wickets. In such a situation, it is difficult for Akshar to get a chance.

Dhruv Jurel

The third name in this list is of Dhruv Jurel, who will hardly get a chance in the entire IND v NZ Test series because Jurel will hardly be seen playing because of Rishabh Pant, who scored a total of 161 runs against Bangladesh. Pant had returned to the Test team after almost a year and scored a century on his return. In such a situation, captain Rohit will hardly drop him.

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