Gurnoor Brar has been added to India's Test squad. Photo: AP
\n\nTeam India has strengthened their pace bowling line-up for the two-match Test series against New Zealand by adding Gurnoor Brar to the squad. Gurnoor, who has been part of the Test squad in the past, was dropped for the NZ series. He is uncapped in red-ball cricket. His heroics in the ODI series have seemingly forced the selectors to add him to the Test squad as well. Kuldeep Yadav has been dropped from the squad for Gurnoor. The mystery spinner will fly back home after the fifth ODI to play domestic cricket.
\n\nRavindra Jadeja is India's first-choice all-rounder and he looks set to play both games. Kuldeep, who has only one ODI in the series, was set to warm the bench in the Test series. He has now been released. Gurnoor has joined the Test team and he won't be available for the fifth ODI, to be played on Sunday (November 15).
\n\nIndia’s updated Test squad: Shubman Gill [C], Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul [VC], Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant [WK], Dhruv Jurel [WK], Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar…
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