Rohit Sharma returns for the 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground as India announces their playing XI. Navdeep Saini will make his Test debut for India as Umesh Yadav was ruled out of the series earlier.
Natrajan has to wait for his test cap much longer now as Saini bags the seamer place in the squad. Rohit replaces out of form Mayank Aggarwal in the playing XI. Notably, Umesh Yadav got injured in the Boxing Day Test.
NEWS – #TeamIndia announce Playing XI for the 3rd Test against Australia at the SCG.
Navdeep Saini is all set to make his debut.#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/lCZNGda8UD
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 6, 2021
India’s Playing XI vs Australia for 3rd Test: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah
More Details awaited