Who will lead India in Rohit’s absence in BGT?
India will be on their most challenging tour in recent times when they travel to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, starting November 22.
Australian tours have always remained tough for any team in the world. Interestingly, India last lost a series against Australia back in 2014-15 and won the two subsequent series played down under since then. While India also defeated Australia in two series played in India.
The stats and the results of last nine to ten years are completely in favour of India, but bespite being the favourites to win the upcoming BGT, team India is set to place their full-strength test team with WTC finals berth in mind.
Rohit & Co. Are hopeful for a favourable results during the tour down under and are aiming to reach the WTC finals 2025 as the first-ranked team.
Among all the news related to BGT, the biggest one making noise is the unavailability of India’s regular skipper Rohit Sharma in the first two tests.
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Who will lead India in Rohit’s absence in BGT?
As Rohit Sharma is expected to miss the first test match due to personal reasons, Jasprit Bumrah, who has served as vice-captain in India’s last two home test series, could be named captain for the opening game against Australia in BGT 2024-25.
While Ruturaj Gaikwad can travel and play as Rohit Sharma’s replacement till the regular skipper returns to the team.
India’s Probable squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25
Batters: Rohit Sharma (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan
Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav,Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
The first test of the India vs Australia Border Gavaskar Trophy will take place in Perth from November 22 to 26, followed by second in Adelaide from December 6 to 10, third in at The Gabba from December 14 to 18, fourth in Melbourne from December 26 to 30, and the fifth and final test will be played at Sydney from January 3rd to 7th.
