While the Indian Premier League and international cricket are absolutely separate from each other, franchises do take to social media to share posts on Team India's assignments to gain traction. However, as Mumbai Indians shared a post after the announcement of Team India's squad for the first two Tests against England, some of Rohit Sharma's fans weren't pleased. In the post, fans could spot the pictures of KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, and Shreyas Iyer, but Rohit was absent despite being the captain of the team.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the India squad for the first two Tests against England on Friday. On Saturday, Mumbai Indians shared a post on the same topic, leaving some fans unimpressed. Here's the post:
Wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel has received a maiden call-up for the Indian Test squad for the first two Tests. However, injured star pacer Mohammed Shami, who continues to recover from his injury, was not named in the squad. India batter Ishan Kishan, who had asked for a break previously during the South Africa tour and Afghanistan T20Is, was not included in the squad.
Rohit will lead the team, with star pacer Jasprit Bumrah taking up the role of vice-captain. Meanwhile, India has added three wicketkeepers, KL Rahul, KS Bharat, and Dhruv Jurel, to the squad.
India named four spinners--Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav--in their Test squad for the first two matches.
In addition to having a formidable pace attack, India included Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mukesh Kumar in the strong 16-member squad.
The middle-order positions are occupied by Virat Kohli, Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, and Shubman Gill in the batting lineup, which is unchanged.
Squad for first 2 Tests vs England: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, 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) and Avesh Khan
With ANI inputs