Rishabh Pant Stripped Of India’s Test Vice-Captaincy. This Star Takes Up The Role

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming one-off Test match against Afghanistan. The red-ball game will begin on June 6 in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. Shubman Gill will continue to lead the Indian side, however, there is a change in the position of the vice-captain. Rishabh Pant was the holding the responsibility, but KL Rahul has replaced him in the role, as per the squad announced by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia in presence of Board’s chief selector Ajit Agarkar in a press conference on Tuesday.

India squad for one-off Afghanistan Test: Shubman Gill (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (vice-captain), Sai Sudharsan, Rishabh Pant, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Harsh Dubey and Dhruv Jurel.


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