Jasprit Bumrah (Getty Images) New Delhi: The right-hand dough SHUBMAN GILL was appointed 37. The Indian Captain of the Test because the main selector Ajit Agarkar announced on Saturday the 18-member group for the decisive five match tour after England, starting on June 20.Wickeeper-BATER RISHABH PANT was appointed as a vice-capitan.Squad was completed by a selection commission led by Ajit Agarkar during a meeting held at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. Secretary BCCi Devyit Saikia worked as a conference meeting. The selection was later revealed at a formal press conference addressed by Agarkar and the SHIV Sunder Das Selector.Agarkar also explained that the star stimulator Jasprit Bumrah is unlikely to perform during the tour in all five tests. He stressed that Bumhrah’s role of the pitch is more important to the team than adding responsibility for the captain to his workload.
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“Do not think it will be available for all five tests. Whether it is four or three, we will see how the series goes and its workload is. Although it is suitable for 3-4 tests, it will benefit us. It is only happy to be part of the team.“Once you manage people, there’s a lot that pulls out of you. We should talk to him, he’s fine. He knows where his body is.The highly anticipated test series will run between August 20 to August 4, with matches scheduled for Headingley, Edgbaston, Lord’s, Old Trafford and Oval. India will try to register its first victory in Testing in England since 2007.Indian Team for England Tests:SHUBMAN GILL (C), RISHABH PANT (VC & WK), YASHSVI JAISWAL, KL RAHUL, B SAI SUDHARSAN, ABHIMANYU EASWAN, KARUN NAIR, NIAR, NITIST Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
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