India have made a change to their Test squad ahead of the upcoming two-match series against New Zealand, adding fast bowler Gurnoor Brar to the squad while releasing left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed it on Saturday. Brar will join the Test team in Wellington, missing the fifth and final ODI of the ongoing series against New Zealand.
India have also made it clear that there will be no replacement for the final ODI. Notably, Gurnoor has been highly successful in the ongoing ODI series, having taken nine wickets in three matches at an average of 15.89.
Meanwhile, Kuldeep has been released from the Test squad and is set to head back to India after the fifth ODI to play domestic cricket. In another development, wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has already linked up with the Indian Test squad in Wellington.
India Test squad: Shubman Gill (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vc), Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, Anshul Kamboj, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Gurnoor Brar
India squad for the fifth ODI: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (vc), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav