The Indian team has currently reached Australia. From November 22, Team India will start a 5-match Test series against Australia. This series is very important for the Indian team in terms of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​Final. If the Indian team wins 4 matches of this 5-match series, then it will reach the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC Final).

If the Indian team has to win 4 matches to reach the finals, then it will have to enter the field with a strong playing 11. In such a situation, former coach Ravi Shastri, who has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy twice in Australia, has prepared the playing eleven of Team India in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Let us see which players he has given a chance.

Ravi Shastri has chosen Shubman Gill in place of Rohit Sharma for the opening, but the biggest problem is that just after choosing the team, Shubman Gill got injured and his Perth Test was ruled out. There is very little hope of playing, hence one change can be seen in this team in the form of Abhimanyu Easwaran.

At the same time, he has given place to KL Rahul at number 3 in his team. If we talk about KL Rahul, he has been a complete flop for some time now, hence giving him a chance is beyond understanding, but Ravi Shastri has expressed confidence in KL Rahul and has given him the no. 3 batting slot. Chosen for.

Ravi Shastri has given place to Dhruv Jurel in place of Sarfaraz Khan.

Ravi Shastri has given place to Virat Kohli at number 4 in this team, while at number 5 he has given place to wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, whose performance against Australia has been very excellent. Ravi Shastri has not given place to Sarfaraz Khan in his team, he has given a chance to Dhruv Jurel in this team (Team India). Dhruv Jurel had recently performed brilliantly against Australia A.

At the same time, Ravi Shastri has also kept Ravichandran Ashwin out of his team. At the same time, he has talked about giving place to one of Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar in the playing eleven. As a fast bowling all-rounder, he has included Nitish Kumar Reddy in his team.

Ravi Shastri has given a chance to 3 fast bowlers in his team, he has chosen Akash Deep in place of Prasidh Krishna, who bowled brilliantly against Australia A, while in the absence of Mohammed Shami, he has given a chance to Mohammed Siraj. At the same time, he has included Jasprit Bumrah in the team as captain.

Team India's playing 11 selected by Ravi Shastri for the first test match

Shubman Gill (now it can be Abhimanyu Easwaran), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja/Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.