Border Gavaskar Trophy has started between India and Australia. The first match of the series is being played at Optus Stadium in Perth. In this match, Team India captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. When Bumrah announced to play in the Perth Test, the fans were surprised. Because Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin were dropped from the playing eleven. Now fans are reacting on social media due to the exclusion of Ashwin and Jadeja.
Did India make a mistake?
It rarely happens that both Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin are out of the playing eleven of Team India in Test cricket. But now after a long time this has been seen in the Perth Test. Both of them are the best spin bowling all-rounders of Team India. Captain Bumrah surprised fans by choosing Washington Sundar over Ashwin and Jadeja in the first Test.
When was the last time Team India played without this pair?
This is the fifth time in Test cricket in the last 10 years, when Team India has taken the field in a Test match without the pair of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. The last time Team India played a Test match without this pair was in the year 2021. In Test cricket, 4 times out of 5, Team India has played against Australia and once against South Africa without the pair of Jadeja and Ashwin.
Team India’s playing eleven
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana.
