India names two short-form jets for Aussie Tests

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India could beryllium connected the verge of blooding 2 superstars of limited-overs cricket successful the Test format erstwhile Australia tours, aft Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan were named successful a 17-man squad.

India connected Saturday revealed a squad for the archetypal 2 Tests, to beryllium played successful Nagpur and Delhi successful February, which didn't see Rishabh Pant due to his car crash and Jasprit Bumrah due to the fact that of a backmost injury.

But large anticipation surrounds the enactment of Yadav, who's struck 1578 T20 runs, including 3 centuries, astatine the mean of 46.41 and strike-rate of 180.34.

The 32-year-old has shown disconnected astounding strokemaking successful the shortest signifier of the game, with Virat Kohli describing 1 sound against New Zealand successful November arsenic a "video crippled innings".

Kishan has peeled disconnected 477 one-day planetary runs astatine the mean of 53 and strike-rate of 111.97.

The 24-year-old left-hander slammed the fastest ODI treble period successful past against Bangladesh successful December, reaching the people successful 126 balls.

Australia connected Wednesday announced an 18-man Test squad for the circuit of India, which included young Victorian off-spinner Todd Murphy and the recalled Peter Handscomb.

Australia volition beryllium gunning for its archetypal Test bid triumph successful India since 2004, erstwhile Adam Gilchrist led his broadside to a 2-1 win.

India's 17-man squad for archetypal 2 Tests

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav

Australia's 18-man squad for Test series

Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

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