India Announce Playing XI for Sydney Test, Navdeep Saini to Make Debut

Sydney: India announced their playing XI for the third Test against Australia, which begins on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Young Navdeep Saini will make his debut. He has replaced Umesh Yadav in India’s playing XI.

Yadav had an injury during the second innings of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. He had sustained a strain in his left calf muscle after which he underwent scans later that day. He was ruled out of the series.

Rohit Sharma is likely to open the batting with Shubman Gill in the crucial match.

India’s Playing XI vs Australia for 3rd Test: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

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