India could be on the verge of blooding two superstars of limited-overs cricket in the Test format when Australia tours, after Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan were named in a 17-man squad.
India on Saturday revealed a squad for the first two Tests, to be played in Nagpur and Delhi in February, which didn’t include Rishabh Pant due to his car crash and Jasprit Bumrah because of a back injury.
But great anticipation surrounds the selection of Yadav, who’s struck 1578 T20 runs, including three centuries, at the average of 46.41 and strike-rate of 180.34.
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The 32-year-old has shown off astounding strokemaking in the shortest form of the game, with Virat Kohli describing one knock against New Zealand in November as a “video game innings”.
Kishan has peeled off 477 one-day international runs at the average of 53 and strike-rate of 111.97.
The 24-year-old left-hander slammed the fastest ODI double century in history against Bangladesh in December, reaching the mark in 126 balls.
Australia on Wednesday announced an 18-man Test squad for the tour of India, which included young Victorian off-spinner Todd Murphy and the recalled Peter Handscomb.
Australia will be gunning for its first Test series victory in India since 2004, when Adam Gilchrist led his side to a 2-1 win.
India’s 17-man squad for first two 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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