IND vs NZ Test Series, India’s squad announcement: Bumrah named vice-captain, Mohammed Shami continues to miss out

New Delhi: India announces a 15-member squad for the upcoming tri-match series as we can see the team remains unchanged from the one that recently secured a 2-0 victory over Bangladesh, with Yash Dayal being the only exclusion. Jasprit Bumrah has been appointed as Rohit Sharma’s deputy for the series. Additionally, the selectors have named four travelling reserves: Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna and Mayank Yadav.

NEWS #TeamIndia’s squad for @IDFCFIRSTBank Test series against New Zealand announced.

Details #INDvNZ

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 11, 2024

India’s squad for the three Tests against New Zealand: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep

India’s victory in the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur has solidified its position at the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. Winning each of its remaining eight Tests will elevate its percentage to 85.09%.

Jasprit Bumrah, with a match haul of six wickets in Kanpur, has become the new No. 1 Test bowler in the world, surpassing his teammate R Ashwin, who was named Player of the Series against Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh series win was India’s 18th consecutive Test series win at home, a streak that began with a whitewash of Australia in 2013.

England, in 2012, was the last team to defeat India at home in a Test series.