Virat Kohli is not available in first 2 matches

Rajat patidar selected in place of virat kohli

Rajat Patidar, the Madhya Pradesh batter, has been called up to India’s Test squad for ind vs eng test series as a replacement for Virat Kohli, who has pulled out of the first two Tests against England for personal reasons. Patidar was in Ahmedabad where India A are playing England Lions, and will reach Hyderabad later on Wednesday.

Patidar is coming off 151 off 158 balls in the first four-day match against an England Lions attack that included three internationals. The 30-year-old has formidable numbers: 4000 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 45.97, with 12 hundreds. Patidar had made his ODI debut against South Africa in December.

INDIAN SPINNERS PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN IND VS ENG TEST SERIES 2024

IND VS ENG Test series starting from January 25 in Hyderabad, it will be a big challenge for the English batsmen to deal with Indian spinners. Only good preparation will not be enough for England to counter the rank turners in India, their batsmen will have to be ready to face the moving balls as well as those of the Indian spinners, which will not rotate.

The Indian spin bowlers took advantage of this weakness of the English batsmen. After losing the first Test, the Indian think tank had prepared turning pitches in the next three matches after losing the first Test and the result was in India’s favour. Now in this series also, the Indian team management can prepare spin-friendly pitches.

Ravichandran Ashwin:-

In the last ind vs eng test series 2024, Ravichandran Ashwin took 28 wickets in four matches, while Axar Patel, playing in the absence of Ravindra Jadeja, took 27 wickets in three matches. While the opener anticipated every ball to turn, Axar picked up most of the wickets by throwing the ball straight into the stumps.

He dismissed 13 batsmen, bowled or lbw. The low bounce on these pitches also became a headache for the English batsmen and they had no answers to these balls. India head coach Rahul Dravid on Tuesday said that the pitch will help the spinners as the game progresses in the opening match. Two days before the Test match, the pitch looked very dry, especially around the good length areas at both ends.

From what I have seen, this pitch looks good. The spinners will get turn from the pitch. I can’t say how much and how fast. The ball will definitely turn more as the game progresses.

Meanwhile, a Hyderabad Cricket Association official told PTI,for ind vs eng test series “We have enough time to prepare the pitch. This will help both batsmen and bowlers, but it will change as the match progresses. This will help the spinners.

Except for Bumrah, the rest of the members practiced:

The Indian player took part in a net practice session here on Thursday. It was an optional session for the team but barring pacer Jasprit Bumrah, all the players participated in the over two-hour session.

India squad for England test

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rajat patidar, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan

KL Rahul will not play as wicketkeeper Rahul dravid said:

IND vs eng Test series 2024 there is competition between KS Bharat and Dhruv Jurel for the wicketkeeper’s role. KL Rahul kept wickets in the Test series against South Africa. Dravid said he was clear about his selection.

We have picked two other wicketkeepers and obviously Rahul did a great job for us in South Africa and was instrumental in drawing the series. But looking at five Test matches and the selection will be between two other wicketkeepers. If we talk about Bharat or Jurel, then Bharat is more likely to play in the final XI.

“Dravid said our batsmen will not be overly aggressive in response to England’s” “baseball” “style.” We will play according to the situation. In such a situation, we would like to avoid making some changes. However, I am not expecting an ultra-defensive game from my batsmen.Rahul Dravid is the coach of the Indian team.

As a bowler, I think baseball will keep me in the game. If the England team is going to do that, play so fast, they won’t tire me out, I can get a lot of wickets Jasprit Bumrah is an Indian fast bowler.

Eyes on these records

With 11 wickets, James Anderson will also complete 150 Test wickets against India. If he takes 23 wickets, he will become the first fast bowler to take 1000 wickets.

India have won 174 Tests and lost 177. If India win this series 4-0 or 5-0, then for the first time in the history of 92 years, they will have more wins than losses.

Hyderabad:

Former India captain and head coach Ravi Shastri and former wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer were honoured with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for their contribution to Indian cricket. The awards were presented by the BCCI at a function on Tuesday. Young star batsman Shubman Gill was given the Pali Umrigar Men’s Cricketer of the Year Award for 2022-23. year

The award was given to Jasprit Bumrah for 2021-22, Ravichandran Ashwin for 2020-21 and Shami for 2019-20. Spinner Deepti Sharma was given the best women’s cricketer of the year award for 2022-23. The award was given to Deepti for 2019-20 and Smriti Mandhana for 2020-21 and 2021-22. This is the first time the awards have been held since 2019.

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Ravi Shastri, Farook Engineer

Best Men’s Cricketer: Shubman Gill (2022-23) Jasprit Bumrah (2021-22) Ravichandran Ashwin (2020-21) Mohammed Shami (2019- 20)

The best women’s footballers:

Deepti Sharma (2019-20, 2022-23) Smriti Mandhana (2020-21, 2021-22) 1

Best Debut (Male):

Mayank Agarwal

(2019-20)

Axar Patel (2020-21)

Shreyas Iyer (2021-22)

Yashasvi Jaiswal(2022-23)

Best Debut (Female)

Priya Punia (2019-20)

Shafali Verma (2020-21)

S Meghna (2021-2022)

Amanjot Kaur (2022-23).

Dilip Sardesai Award:

(2022-2023) Most runs: Yashasvi Jaiswal,

most wickets: R Ashwin.

Rohit Sharma captain of icc team

Rohit Sharma was named captain of the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year, alongside star batsman Virat Kohli and the pace duo of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

According to the ICC,

most of the players in the squad are from World Cup finalists India (runners-up) and Australia (winners), as well as semi-finalists New Zealand and South Africa. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have given India the perfect start. The Indian captain scored 1255 runs in the ODI format last year at an average of 52. Gill scored 208 runs against New Zealand and is the leading run-scorer in the format with 1584 runs. At number three is Australia’s Travis Head, who performed consistently last year and scored 137 in the final against India.