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Figure out India's Test squad for Australia

Last updated on: November 10, 2014 22:28 IST

MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India look on

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Photograph: Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images

India named a 19-man Test squad for the tour of Australia, which kicks-off with the first of four matches on December 4 in Brisbane.

Karnataka batsman Lokesh Rahul, Uttar Pradesh leg-spinner Karn Sharma and Mahdya Pradesh wicketkeeper-batsman Naman Ojha are the new faces in the squad.

With the selectors preferring youngsters for the arduous tour Down Under, senior players like Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha failed to make the cut.

Following Monday’s selection, Rajneesh Gupta presents the Test career figures of the touring party along with the players' performance against Australia.

Career Batting & fielding

 

Mts

Runs

Hs

Avg

100s

50s

0s

Ct/St

Cheteshwar Pujara

24

1872

206*

49.26

6

5

1

18

Rohit Sharma

7

489

177

48.90

2

1

2

8

Ajinkya Rahane

10

678

118

39.88

2

4

1

5

Virat Kohli

29

1855

119

39.47

6

9

4

28

Ravichandran Ashwin

21

894

124

38.87

2

3

1

7

Shikhar Dhawan

10

656

187

38.59

2

1

1

8

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

88

4808

224

38.46

6

33

9

243/37

Murali Vijay

27

1706

167

36.30

4

6

2

24

Suresh Raina

17

768

120

28.44

1

7

6

22

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

11

343

63*

24.50

0

3

2

4

Ravindra Jadeja

12

364

68

21.41

0

1

2

11

Wriddhiman Saha

2

74

36

18.50

0

0

1

2/0

Mohammed Shami

9

99

51*

9.90

0

1

3

1

Ishant Sharma

58

524

31*

9.36

0

0

19

12

Umesh Yadav

9

36

21

6.00

0

0

2

2

Varun Aaron

3

18

9

4.50

0

0

0

1

Note: Lokesh Rahul, Naman Ojha and Karn Sharma are yet to make their Test debut.

Career Bowling

 

Mts

Wkts

Best

Avg

SR

RPO

5I

10M

Ravichandran Ashwin

21

107

 7-103

28.65

59.16

2.91

9

2

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

11

28

 6-82

30.25

59.32

3.06

2

0

Ravindra Jadeja

12

45

 6-138

30.38

76.09

2.40

2

0

Umesh Yadav

9

32

 5-93

32.50

46.41

4.20

1

0

Murali Vijay

27

1

 1-12

35.00

66.00

3.18

0

0

Mohammed Shami

9

32

 5-47

36.31

60.00

3.63

1

0

Ishant Sharma

58

178

 7-74

36.75

65.81

3.35

6

1

Suresh Raina

17

13

 2-1

40.92

70.85

3.47

0

0

Varun Aaron

3

8

 3-97

47.38

65.25

4.36

0

0

Rohit Sharma

7

1

 1-26

152.00

244.00

3.74

0

0

Shikhar Dhawan

10

0

 0-2

-

-

1.80

0

0

Virat Kohli

29

0

 0-3

-

-

2.92

0

0

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

88

0

 0-1

-

-

4.19

0

0

Cheteshwar Pujara

24

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ajinkya Rahane

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Wriddhiman Saha

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Career Batting & fielding vs Australia

 

Mts

Runs

Hs

Avg

100s

50s

0s

Ct/St

Shikhar Dhawan

1

187

187

187.00

1

0

0

0

Cheteshwar Pujara

5

495

204

70.71

1

3

0

1

Murali Vijay

6

680

167

61.82

3

1

0

3

Virat Kohli

8

584

116

44.92

2

2

1

8

Suresh Raina

2

118

86

39.33

0

1

1

2

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

17

922

224

36.88

1

5

1

43/14

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

4

80

38

26.67

0

0

0

2

Ravindra Jadeja

4

85

43

21.25

0

0

0

1

Ravichandran Ashwin

7

183

62

20.33

0

1

0

2

Wriddhiman Saha

1

38

35

19.00

0

0

0

2

Ishant Sharma

16

164

31

9.65

0

0

6

3

Umesh Yadav

4

28

21

9.33

0

0

1

1

Ajinkya Rahane

1

8

7

4.00

0

0

0

1

 Career Bowling vs Australia

 

Mts

Wkts

Best

Avg

SR

RPO

5I

10M

Ravindra Jadeja

4

24

 5-58

17.46

48.33

2.17

1

0

Suresh Raina

2

1

 1-19

19.00

48.00

2.38

0

0

Ravichandran Ashwin

7

38

 7-103

30.21

64.63

2.80

4

1

Umesh Yadav

4

14

 5-93

39.36

50.57

4.67

1

0

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

4

6

 3-31

39.83

64.00

3.73

0

0

Ishant Sharma

16

36

 4-77

44.03

80.36

3.29

0

0

Virat Kohli

8

0

 0-3

-

-

2.89

0

0

Shikhar Dhawan

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cheteshwar Pujara

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Murali Vijay

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Wriddhiman Saha

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ajinkya Rahane

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rajneesh Gupta