Ajinkya Rahane‘s return to the Indian Test squad was the largest information to have come out of India’s World Test Championship closing squad announcement on Tuesday. India will play its second WTC closing in opposition to Australia at The Oval, London, from June 7 to 11. Rahane’s comeback after 15 months was on predictable traces following Shreyas Iyer‘s again harm that dominated him out of the grand finale. Iyer just lately underwent a surgical procedure within the UK to deal with stress fractures in his decrease again. Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan additionally reckoned that Rahane’s previous performances in abroad situations will bode him properly.

Speaking on Star Sports’ Cricket Live, Irfan Pathan stated: “Had Shreyas Iyer been fit then Rahane would not have got the place in the WTC Final side. But as far as the current form is concerned, he is looking in great touch. The format in which he is playing now is completely different but Rahane’s performance on foreign pitches has always been good and this has gone in his favour.”

Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh, nonetheless, opined that Suryakumar Yadav ought to have additionally been saved within the squad together with Rahane as a result of SKY can speed up his knock.

“I would have kept both Surya and Rahane in the team. I would have played Surya instead of Axar because you are not going to play with three spinners in English conditions. In such a situation, having Surya in the team would have given an additional advantage to the batting line-up,” he stated.

India’s Test squad WTC closing: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ok L Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.

With PTI inputs