Team India selectors likely to have a headache selecting pace attack for Australia tour

With Team India all set to travel down under for a complete tour of Australia, selection committee is scheduled to meet under chairmanship of Sunil Joshi to select team for series. form of players in ongoing IPL edition will surely influence selection with several Indian players performing on top of ir mark. While Jasprit Bumrah is expected to be an automatic selection, on or hand, Shardul Thakur and Navdeep Saini will also be in contention considering ir current performances in IPL. 

As per PTI sources, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur will be fighting it out for fifth spot of pacer in longest format of game. or four speedsters include Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yav, and Navdeep Saini. Meanwhile, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma shall be out of consideration, after sustaining an injury during IPL 2020. Axar Patel is also likely to be in books of selectors to tour Australia. 

"Siraj has really done well for India A over past few seasons. I think he is a better red ball bowler and could be very handy in Australian conditions," former chairman of selectors MSK Pras told PTI on Tuesday.

"Mavi could be given exposure as an extra pacer at least in white ball and maybe groomed later for red ball," Pras ded. In limited-overs side, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar are most likely to find a spot owing to ir current performances. Coming to wicketkeepers in team, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be in for limited-overs side whereas Wriddhiman Saha should retain gloves in Tests with Pant being second option. 

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selectors will also have a heache to pick top-order of Team India as Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, and Shubman Gill having impressive performances under ir belt. spinners in limited-overs could be Washington Sundar (only T20s), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yav, and Ravindra Jeja. Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ajinkya Rahane will be Test specialists in line-up.

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India Tour of Australia 2020

India will be touring Australia for a four-match Test series that gets underway on December 3. first Test will be played at Gabba in Brisbane.   second Test match at elaide Oval will be a Day-Night affair while last two matches will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney Cricket Ground respectively.

schedule confirms India's tour of Australia for a three-match T20 series in October and four-match test series in December-January. second test of series between December 11 and December 15 is set to be a Day/Night Test at elaide Oval. Test series will be followed by a three-match ODI series as well. 

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