Rohit Sharma leads the team with Bumrah as his vice-captain. But with Rohit set to sideline one of the first two Tests due to personal reasons, Abhimanyu, 29, is likely to make his Test debut on the tour. He has been part of the Republic of India Test team in the past, in Bangladesh in 2022, and has been in top form this season at home, scoring two goals in the Duleep Trophy, every two centuries in the Iran Trophy. and start the Ranji Trophy season with a ton for Bengal.
Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh and Rana are the alternate fast bowlers of the team, except for Bumrah. Prasidh, who has taken two Tests in the past, has only just started playing again and is then recovering from a major back shock, while 22-year-old Rana has made just nine quality adjustments. Rana, who represents Delhi, took two four-wicket hauls for Republic of India D in the Duleep Trophy in September and has 36 wickets at an average of 24.75 in quality cricket. With Khaleel in the reserves and denying Yash Dayal, the Republic of India do not have a quick left-arm spinner in the main team.
The Republic of India are the champions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and won their two previous tours to Australia by a 2-1 margin, in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
Republic of India team for an excursion to Australia
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj , Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar
Reservations: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed
