The All-India Senior
Selection Committee has picked the Indian squad for the inaugural ICC World
Test Championship (WTC) final and the five-match Test series against England.
Team India’s first stop
will be in Southampton where they play New Zealand to decide the first champion
of the Test format. Following their 3-1 win against England at home, India
finished as the No. 1 side with 72.2 percentage points and booked their place
in the final.
India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman
Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane
(vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin,
Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma,
Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to
fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness
clearance).
Standby players: Abhimanyu Easwaran,
Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla