For Team India, the Australia tour started with an unexpected victory but it ended as was expected from the beginning. Australia won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 with a 6-wicket win in the Sydney Test. With this, Team India missed reaching the final of the World Test Championship. More than the defeat of Team India, there has been more disappointment with the performance of players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli because they could not make any significant contribution in this series and now it is difficult for them to play in the next Test series.

These names will be out of England tour?

After the Australia tour, Team India now has its eyes on the Champions Trophy but its return to Test cricket will be in June 2025, when the team will go on the England tour. The Indian team has to play 5 test matches in England, which will also be the beginning of the new WTC cycle. Now all eyes are on whether there will be any change in the current Team India within the next 6 months or not. If we look at the performance and needs, then not only Virat and Rohit, but there are 5 players in the current squad who may be out of the next series.

Rohit Sharma

Rohit, who made Team India the T20 World Champion just 6 months ago, suddenly started failing in his batting and captaincy immediately after this success. In 3 consecutive Test series against Bangladesh, New Zealand and then Australia, he scored only one half-century. In Australia, he could score only 31 runs and had to sit out of the last test. As a captain, he proved to be very bad in team selection, decisions like batting or bowling first in the toss and also in field placement. In such a situation, his Test career now seems to be over.

Virat Kohli

Star batsman Virat Kohli started the series with a century in the second innings of the Perth Test and had raised hopes that after this his bat would perform well in the entire series, but in the remaining 8 innings of the series, he could score only 90 runs, which was a huge win in Perth. There were 10 less than 100 runs scored. Kohli showed the courage to stay at the crease on some occasions but he could not overcome his weakness. Kohli was out 8 times in the series and every time he was out behind the wicket while trying to play the ball outside the off stump. The situation doesn't seem to be changing and hence it seems difficult for him to go to England.

Ravindra Jadeja

After Ravichandran Ashwin's sudden retirement in the middle of the series, all eyes are on Ravindra Jadeja. The star all-rounder played some useful innings with the bat in this series but he could not do anything special in bowling. He was not used much and even when he was used, he did not look strong. Jadeja scored 135 runs in 5 innings and took only 4 wickets in 4 innings. The biggest failure for Jadeja was the home series against New Zealand, where apart from 10 wickets in the last Test, he could take only 6 wickets in the remaining 4 innings. It is difficult to say how much impact he will have in England.

Harshit Rana

21 year old young fast bowler Harshit Rana made his international debut in this series. He looked a little better in the first Test played in Perth but he could not make any contribution to the team in the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide. In both the matches, his lack of experience in bowling long spells was clearly visible. He was also included in the batting with the hope of contributing but here too he could not do anything. Obviously, Harshit will be given a chance to improve himself in domestic cricket for some more time, after which he can make a comeback but the England tour looks difficult for him.

Abhimanyu Easwaran

Bengal's experienced opener Abhimanyu Easwaran has been demanding to be given a chance in Team India for a long time and this time he was also selected but did not get a chance to play even a single match in the series. Despite the failure of Team India's batsmen and the changes made in the opening, Easwaran remained sitting on the bench throughout the series. Perhaps one reason was his failure in India A matches. It is very difficult to say whether this 29 year old batsman will get a chance in England. Perhaps he still needs to score a few more runs, after which he can be included.