India opener Rohit Sharma, wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been included in the ICC Men's Test team of the year for 2021.
Rohit Sharma is recovering well from his left hamstring injury and has a bright chance of making a comeback for the six-match home white-ball series against the West Indies next month
India bowled out South Africa for 229 in their first innings on Day 2 of the second Test match at The Wanderers Stadium, here on Tuesday
India pacer Shardul Thakur grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul as South Africa lost the momentum towards the end of the afternoon session to reach 191 for 7 at tea on day two of the second Test.
The selectors believed it would be prudent for Rohit to keep working on his rehab
All-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja were also not selected
India's white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma and premier off-spinner R Aswhin were among four players from the country to have featured in the Cricket Australia (CA) XI of the year.
While Virat Kohli remains the Test skipper, one of the finest white-ball exponents and star opener, Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the T20 and ODI captain
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has said that split captaincy can be a blessing in disguise for both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
We all know Kohli is in that bracket - he just needs to focus on his Test batting
Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja, who have been ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa due to injuries, are working at NCA in Bengaluru to regain full fitness.
A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it
Gavaskar feels Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli's contradictory statement on the issue of captaincy
A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, Ganguly told ANI that he had indeed spoken to Virat regarding the leadership change adding, that he had requested Virat to not give up the T20I captaincy
Kohli said he was never spoken to about being replaced till 90 minutes before the scheduled team selection meeting for the South Africa tour
Sunil Gavaskar has said that Mohammad Azharuddin should not have alluded to a rift between Test skipper Virat Kohli and the newly-appointed white-ball captain Rohit Sharma.
After Mohammad Azharuddin had tweeted about the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, \Anurag Thakur said there is no player bigger than the game
Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said there is no player bigger than the game.
India A captain Priyank Panchal will be Rohit's replacement opener in the Test series
Sharma has suffered a hit on his hand during a net session in Mumbai