While Team India celebrated a 5-0 whitewash of New Zealand in the final match of the T20 series on Sunday, in an unfortunate turn of events Rohit Sharma suffered an injury during the game. While it is official that the injury has ruled out the superstar opener for the rest of the tour, BCCI has named Sharma’s replacement for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand, and its none other than the young sensation Shubman Gill!

In the fifth T20 match on Sunday at the Bay Oval cricket ground, Rohit Sharma retired hurt after a stunning knock of a 41-ball-60 after sustaining a calf injury. While Mayank Agarwal will be replacing Sharma for the ODIs, Shubman Gill will be opening in his place in the Tests, as confirmed by BCCI prez Sourav Ganguly himself.
“Shubman Gill will replace injured Rohit Sharma for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand,” Ganguly was quoted saying, according to ESPNcricinfo.
BCCI released the complete Test squad lineup on their official Twitter handle today morning. Check it out here-
India’s Test squad: Virat (Capt), Mayank, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman, Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), R. Ashwin, R. Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma (subject to fitness clearance).
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 4, 2020
Gill, who plays for Punjab Punjab cricket team in Ranji trophy and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, made his ODI debut back in January 2019 against New Zealand. While not getting call ups since making two appearances against the Kiwis, this upcoming series will be Gill’s maiden Test cricket appearance.
However, the 20 year old has been in tremendous form recently. In the first unofficial Test between India A and New Zealand A in Christchurch on Friday, Gill scored a half century and a stunning 204 not out.
Following the closure of the 3 match ODI series on 11th February, the 2 match Test series will start on 21st February at the Basin Reserve cricket ground in Wellington.
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