The Board of Regulate for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday, June 27 showed that Mayank Agarwal has been added to the Take a look at squad for the rescheduled fit towards England in Birmingham. Mayank has been added as quilt for Rohit Sharma, who’s in isolation after trying out wonderful for Covid-19 on Saturday, June 25.
Mayank Agarwal, who used to be no longer picked within the unique squad, left for the United Kingdom on Monday morning and hyperlink up with the Take a look at workforce in Birmingham. India and England meet within the rescheduled fifth Take a look at, a spillover from remaining yr’s collection, from July 1 at Edgbaston.
“The All-India Senior Variety Committee has added Mayank Agarwal to India’s Take a look at squad for the rescheduled 5th Take a look at as quilt for captain Rohit Sharma, who examined wonderful for COVID-19. Mayank has left for the United Kingdom and can hyperlink up with the squad in Birmingham,” the BCCI mentioned.
Mayank Agarwal posted a photograph of himself departing to England previous on Monday. The Karnataka batter remaining performed for India all through the house collection towards Sri Lanka in February however he used to be no longer thought to be for variety after an abnormal appearing towards the islanders at the same time as India received the collection 2-0.
India’s Take a look at squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal.
The BCCI has nonetheless named Rohit Sharma because the captain of the Take a look at facet, hinting they’re hoping the skipper recovers in time for the much-anticipated Take a look at.
Particularly, Rohit led India within the 4-day follow fit towards Leicestershire remaining week. The Indian captain batted within the first innings and scored 25 runs however he didn’t take the sphere all through the 2d innings, elevating moderately a couple of eyebrows. The BCCI showed on Sunday that Rohit would go through an RT-PCR check which might decide his CT worth.