Shubman Gill will not be able to play the first Test of the five-match series in Perth, as he faced a thumb fracture while fielding in the slips. Now since skipper Rohit Sharma and top-order batter Shubman Gill will not be there for the first Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Devdutt Padikkal will remain in Australia instead of returning home with India A squad.
According to a report by Cricbuzz, the Indian team management decided to take this batter as a backup in collaboration with the national selectors.
Though Devdutt has not given out numbers that will define a call-up, as he has only scored 36, 88, 26, and 1 in an unofficial Test against Australia A, he was considered due to his experience with Australian conditions.
India squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25:
Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
