India axed struggling opener KL Rahul and handed Rohit Sharma a chance to revive his stop-start test career after selecting the limited-overs ...
NEW DELHI: India axed struggling opener KL Rahul and handed Rohit Sharma a chance to revive his stop-start test career after selecting the limited-overs stalwart for next month's three-match series against South Africa.
"We want to give Rohit Sharma an opportunity to open the innings in tests," chief selector MSK Prasad said after naming the 15-member squad. The only player in the world with three double hundreds in one-day internationals, Rohit averages nearly 40 in tests batting in the middle order.The 32-year-old has struggled to replicate his limited-overs heroics in the 27 tests he has played so far and must reinvent himself as an opener in the long form as well.
Spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was preferred ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin in both the tests in West Indies, has been retained in the squad along with the off-spinner with left-armer Kuldeep Yadav as the third slow bowling option.
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