Sat Oct 26 11:47:32 UTC 2024: **Summary of India’s Squad for the Australia Tour:**

1. **Tour Details**: India will embark on a five-Test tour of Australia starting November 22.

2. **Uncapped Players**: The squad features three uncapped players: opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, fast bowler Harshit Rana, and allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy.

3. **Fitness Issues**:
– Mohammed Shami is absent due to ongoing fitness concerns post-ankle surgery.
– Kuldeep Yadav is unavailable due to a chronic groin issue.

4. **Captaincy**: Rohit Sharma leads the squad with Jasprit Bumrah as vice-captain. Rohit is expected to miss one of the first two Tests for personal reasons.

5. **Potential Debut**: Abhimanyu Easwaran (29) is likely to make his Test debut due to Rohit’s potential absence; he has been in impressive form domestically.

6. **Bowling Options**: The team includes spin allrounders R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Sundar. Nitish Kumar Reddy is the only seam-bowling allrounder.

7. **Fast Bowlers**: Other fast bowlers in the squad include Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, and Harshit Rana, with no left-arm quicks in the main squad.

8. **Warm-Up Matches**: India will play a warm-up match against India A in Perth before the Test series, followed by additional tour matches.

9. **Previous Success**: India is the holder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and has previously won its last two tours of Australia with a 2-1 margin.

10. **Full Squad**:
– Players: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
– Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed.

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