On Saturday, November 14, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Men’s Selection Committee added Gurnoor Brar to the Indian squad for the two-match Test series against New Zealand, starting November 19 in Wellington.
On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav has been released from the Test squad in order to play the ongoing domestic cricket back in India. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant has joined the members of the Test squad in Wellington.
The BCCI official media release has also confirmed that Gurnoor will now link up with the members of the Test squad and will not be available for the fifth ODI. There will be no replacement for the final ODI.
It’s important to note that Gurnoor is yet to make his Test debut, but has played 13 ODIs for India, scalping 23 wickets. In 22 first-class matches, he has picked up 71 wickets, including two five-wicket hauls. Gurnoor will be a part of the pace battery that has Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj.
India’s updated Test squad: Shubman Gill [C], Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul [VC], Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant [WK], Dhruv Jurel [WK], Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Gurnoor Brar
India’s updated ODI squad for the fifth ODI: Shreyas Iyer [C], Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan [WK, VC], Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra [WK], Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav
