Team India announced the new vice -captain. (Photo- PTI)
The fifth and last Test match between India and England is being played at the historic Oval Cricket Ground in London. For this last match, the Indian team has made many important changes in their playing 11, as well as announced a new vice -captain. Actually, star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is out of this match due to injury, who is the vice-captain of the Indian Test team. In such a situation, a batsman has got this big responsibility in his place.
Team India announced new vice -captain
Indian management has made KL Rahul the vice -captain of Team India for this match. The decision to make KL Rahul as vice -captain has been taken in view of his experience and form. Rahul also has a captaincy experience. He has commanded the Indian team in different formats. In the last match too, Rahul took the responsibility of the team on the field for some time.
In the absence of Pant, the Indian team has given a chance to some new faces in playing 11. Dhruv Jurlel has been included in the playing 11 as a wicketkeeper. In the last two matches, when Rishabh Pant was involved in Cho, Dhruv Jurlel took the responsibility of wicketkeeping and also impressed a lot. This is also Dhruv Jurlel’s first Test match in England.
Memorable series for KL Rahul
This series has been very good for KL Rahul so far. Playing as an opener, he has scored runs in every match. In the first match of the series, he scored 42 runs and 137 runs. At the same time, 2 runs and 55 runs were scored in the second match. Then played 100 runs and 39 runs in the third Test. Now in the Manchester Test too, he scored 46 runs in the first innings and 90 runs in the last innings.
Team India’s playing 11
Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep.
