Perth: India has announced their 13-man squad for the second Test of the four-match series against Australia which is scheduled to take place in Perth, starting Friday. Big blow for the visitors is that apart from opener Prithvi Shaw, middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to have been ruled out of the blockbuster clash at the new stadium in Perth.
India’s 13-man squad: Virat Kohli (C), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
In a statement issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it was revealed that the trio will miss the upcoming clash due to respective injuries. While Shaw sustained the injury during the team’s warm-up clash against Cricket Australia XI, Ashwin and Rohit sustained respective injuries in the Adelaide Test.
