A mountain of troubles fell on Team India, 7 match winners players were simultaneously out of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2025.

BGT 2024/25: The 5-match Test series between India and Australia is to start from November 22, for which BCCI has announced the Indian squad a long time ago. However, after the embarrassing performance in the home series against New Zealand, some major changes may be seen in the Indian squad during the series against the Kangaroos (BGT 2024/25).

The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar has announced the 18-member Indian squad for the Australia tour (BGT 2024/25). Apart from this, 3 reserve players have also been selected. Many new faces like Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nitish Kumar Reddy have got place in Team India. In such a situation, India's playing eleven in the Test series against Australia may be quite different as compared to the series against New Zealand.

Rohit Sharma is out

Indian captain Rohit Sharma will not be available for the first Test (BGT 2024/25) against Australia. In his place, veteran fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will take charge of Team India. Apart from this, Abhimanyu Easwaran can replace him as an opening batsman.

At the same time, Nitish Kumar Reddy can debut in Test cricket as an all-rounder. Not only this, Sarfaraz Khan, who showed a flop show against New Zealand, can also be made to sit on the bench.

India's probable playing XI for the first test –

Abhimanyu Easwaran, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akashdeep, Jasprit Bumrah (captain).

These 7 players will be out

Rohit Sharma (captain), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar.