![]() ![]() The rest of the squad, also led by Sharma, are regulars in the frame for the ODI World Cup that India hosts later this year with Hardik Pandya named vice-captain. Gaikwad, whose only ODI against South Africa was in October last year, is also part of the squad along with the uncapped Kuamr. On the ODI front, Sanju Samson earned a recall, and he is one of two wicketkeepers in the 17-member squad. The first Test against West Indies starts on July 12 in Dominica, and the second Test in Trinidad starts on July 20. Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are still recovering from surgery or injury. The rest of the squad, led by Rohit Sharma, includes most of the players that played in the WTC final with Ajinkya Rahane regaining the role of vice-captain after he returned for that match, and was India’s top scorer in the one-off contest at The Oval in London.Įstablished pacer Mohammed Shami has been rested and fellow Navdeep Saini steps in to replace him, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah, and batsmen K.L. Kumar, 30, has taken 149 wickets in 39 first-class matches for Bengal, helping them reach two Ranji Trophy finals in the past three seasons, and has a strong reputation for being a tidy line-and-length bowler, featured in every India A tour over the past two years. Gaikwad has a first-class average of 42.19 from 28 matches with six hundreds, and he made headlines last November when he struck seven sixes in an over in a match for his team, Maharashtra. Jaiswal has a first-class average of 80.21 in 26 innings, and in his most recent match – the Irani Cup – he made 213 and 144 for Rest of India against Madhya Pradesh, a record for any batsman in the tournament. Jaiswal scored the fastest 50 in the IPL from 13 balls this season and finished the tournament among the top-five run-getters with 625 runs, while Gaikwad accumulated 590. Though Gaikwad and Jaiswal have strong records at the first-class, they appeared to have gained their places ahead of more suitable contenders for India’s first series of the 2023-25 WTC cycle after strong performances in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament. Queensland made it 10-0 a couple of minutes later when Cherry-Evans made a break of his own before they spread the ball wide for winger Murray Taulagi to score after a line-ball lead-up pass from David Fifita.Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. The Blues held the ascendancy for a long stretch during the middle of the first half but apart from Mitchell Moses going close to scoring with a chip and chase, they didn’t look like breaking the Maroon brickwall in front of them.Įven when NSW had open space in front of them they couldn’t cross the line with Cherry-Evans dragging down Stephen Crichton when the Blues centre streaked away from a botched Queensland attacking kick. Luai’s next kick was a dud one as well as Blues fans cursed the absence of Nathan Cleary due to his torn hamstring. On the back of a seven-tackle set after a poor Luai kick, Queensland targeted that edge in the ninth minute when Xavier Coates pressured Josh Addo-Carr into a fumble from a Daly Cherry-Evans bomb and Valentine Holmes touched down for a 4-0 lead. ![]()
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