India’s Squad for England Tour: Rohit Sharma to Lead, Two IPL Stars Set to Return for Tests: Report

Rohit Sharma is all set to captain the Indian Cricket Team in the Upcoming Test Series Against England With the BCCI Shortlisting Around 35 Players Fro the Tour, According to APORT by Times of India. While there was some speech over Rohit’s position Folling The series loss against Australia, he is expected to stay as capting. The report also claimd that the selectors are keen to find a steady middle-ordeer batter who can no. 5 or 6 with karun nair and devdutt padikkal being the top contendors. However, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel have reportedly not part of the selectors’ Shortlist as of now.

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“Rohit is most likely to travel as the board feels that one needs a strong captain through the series, which is likely to be as tough as the australia tour. With Regard to the MANAGEMENT HASER Shown very Little Confidence in Sarfaraz Khan’s Ability. He was dropped last year based on his poor returns in test cricket.

Sai Sudharsan is also expected to be the back-up opener for the series. However, if he does not find a place in the squad, he will most certainly be a part of the India a squad.

The other major name in the shortlist is spinner kuldeep yadav. Kuldeep has found Himself out of Favor when it comes to overseas test series. However, with R Ashwin Retiring Mid-Way Into The Australia Series, He Is Reportedly Being Considered as an Attacking Spin option for the Indian Cricket TEAM.

Coming to the pace attack, mohammed shami and jasprit bumrah will surely be included but the selector are reportedly concerned with the inconsistency show