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India name unchanged squad for first two Tests vs Australia

February 14, 2017 13:37 IST

Can this team beat Australia?

As expected, the Indian selectors decided to stick with the same 16-member squad, which beat Bangladesh in the one-off Test, for the first two matches of the forthcoming four-match Test series against Australia, starting in Pune, on February 23.

India squad for Australia series:

Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha (w/k), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund

Image: Team India walk off the field after their win over Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Monday

Harish Kotian in Mumbai