Having completely recovered from a back injury, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been recalled to the 16-member Indian team for the final three Test matches against England, while veteran opener Gautam Gambhir was axed. Bhuvneshwar, who produced a game-changing five-wicket haul against New Zealand in Kolkata, has been out of action for more than six weeks due to a back injury. While spinners have dominated India's bowling composition, Bhuvneshwar's variations and his recent match winning exploits in Test cricket gives skipper Virat Kohli another option with four specialist pacers in the squad.Indian Test squad is led by Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane as Vice-Captain with Wriddhiman Saha the recognised Wicket Keeper. Openers slot is filled by KL Rahul, Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara. Spin department is headed by R Ashwin with Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav and Amit Mishra. Pacers in the team are Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Hardik Pandya and Karun Nair the other remaining players picked for the remaining 3 Test matches.India leads the 5 match Test series 1-Nil. The third Test match will be played in Mohali from this Saturday.
News On AIR | November 23, 2016 8:10 AM
Bhuvneshwar Kumar back in Indian test squad, Gautam Gambhir dropped