| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (c) | Top-order batter |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
| Akash Deep | Bowler |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | Bowling allrounder |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Allrounder |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Opening batter |
| Dhruv Jurel † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Sarfaraz Khan | Middle-order batter |
| Virat Kohli | Top-order batter |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| Mohammed Siraj | Bowler |
| Rishabh Pant † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Axar Patel | Allrounder |
| KL Rahul † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Shubman Gill | Opening batter |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIND |  | 325 & 276/7d | beat | 62 & 167 |  | NZNZ | 03/12/21 | New Zealand tour of India 2021/22 |
| INDIND | | 345 & 234/7d | drew with | 296 & 165/9 | | NZNZ | 25/11/21 | New Zealand tour of India 2021/22 |
| INDIND | | 217 & 170 | lost to | 249 & 140/2 | | NZNZ | 18/06/21 | ICC World Test Championship |
| INDIND | | 242 & 124 | lost to | 235 & 132/3 | | NZNZ | 28/02/20 | India tour of New Zealand 2019/20 |
| INDIND | | 165 & 191 | lost to | 348 & 9/0 | | NZNZ | 20/02/20 | India tour of New Zealand 2019/20 |
"We want to keep the game going forward and get the results in whatever situation we are in"
Rachin Ravindra, with his heroics at the 2023 ODI World Cup and experience at the IPL, will be expected to do well in India
Like Kanpur, Bengaluru is expected to have a black soil pitch, which will support the spinners over the course of the Test
They are entering the Test series with a batting unit that has had one of its worst years against spin
The story of how two men got together to make a 6'4" fast bowler go from delivering magic balls to being ready for the grind of Test cricket
