Rishabh Pant got selected for the first time as a wicketkeeper-batsman alongside Dinesh Karthik who is expected to take up wicketkeeping duties in place of injured Wriddhiman Saha.
Bumrah has also been named in the squad but he will be available for the selection from second test match. It was noteworthy that Bumrah missed out both t20 and ODI series aginst England due to a thumb injury. Meanwhile decision for availability of Bhuvneshwar Kumar for first test match will be taken later.
Mohammed Shami who missed out one off test match against Afghanistan has been named in the squad. Karun Nair retains his place in the test squad while Rohit Sharma has not been selected.
Kuldeep Yadav has been added to the squad alongside duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Squad:
- Virat Kohli(c)
- KL Rahul
- Murali Vijay
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Karun Nair
- Rishabh Pant
- Dinesh Karthik(wk)
- Ishant Sharma
- Umesh Yadav
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Mohammed Shami
- Shardul Thakur
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Hardik Pandya