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India team for the first two matches of Paytm Test series against Australia picked

| | Feb 14, 2017, at 09:34 pm
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IBNS) The All-India Senior Selection Committee met earlier on Tuesday to pick the India Cricket Team for the first two Test matches of the four-match Paytm Test series against Australia.

The team is as follows:

Virat Kohli (Captain), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, W Saha (wk), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund and Hardik Pandya.

Here’s the complete schedule –


Match        Date          Venue

1st Test     Feb 23-27   Pune

2nd Test    Mar 04-08   Bengaluru

3rd Test    Mar 16-20  Ranchi

4th Test    Mar 25-29   Dharamsala

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