Driving on IPL 2023 good fortune, Ajinkya Rahane added to WTC squad, Suryakumar Yadav dropped

Ajinkya Rahane has been incorporated in India’s squad for International Take a look at Championship (WTC) ultimate to be performed in opposition to Australia from June 7 to 11 at Kennington Oval Stadium in London.

Rahane’s shape within the IPL has performed a an important function in his comeback. After 33 suits into the IPL, Rahane is sitting on the most sensible of the strike price charts (189) for any batsman who has confronted no less than 100 deliveries. This can be a season when Rahane has now not simply taken the IPL by means of hurricane when one least anticipated him to, however has additionally served a well timed reminder that he’s now not content material with what he has had.

Except bringing the revel in to the center order, Rahane additionally occurs to be one in every of India’s best possible in another country performers, scoring centuries on his maiden visits to New Zealand, England, Australia and Sri Lanka (lacking out on a century in South Africa by means of 4 runs). 8 of his 12 Take a look at centuries have come clear of India, a facet that highlights how briefly he adapts to prerequisites.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) April 25, 2023

In the meantime, swashbuckling Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who made his Take a look at debut within the Border-Gavaskar Take a look at sequence has been proven the door by means of the selectors.

Off form KL Rahul has controlled to stay his position within the squad. India have picked 3 spinners within the squad with R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel all making the reduce.

In Jasprit Bumrah’s absence, the tempo division is being led by means of Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat.

India’s Take a look at squad WTC ultimate: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ok L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.