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Meet India's Test squad for the Sri Lanka tour

July 23, 2015 16:37 IST

Team India celebrates the fall of a wicket

The 15-man squad, led by Virat Kohli, will be looking to give India its first series win on Sri Lanka soil in 22 years

Barring Amit Mishra's inclusion, there were no major surprises in India's Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, the selectors retaining as many as 14 players who toured Bangladesh for the one-off Test earlier this month.

The 32-year-old leg spinner returns to the fold after four years.

Team India is touring Sri Lanka for the first time in five years, having not won a Test series in the island nation since 1993.

However, India did win the last Test it played in Sri Lanka, a five-wicket verdict at the P Sara Oval, in August 2010.

This 15-memmber team will attempt to ensure Team India its first series win on Sri Lanka soil in 22 years.

Rajneesh Gupta figures out the selected players' showing, overall and in Sri Lanka.

Test career figures – Batting

  Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s SR

Varun Aaron

6 10 3 29 9 4.14 0 0 0 33.33

Ravi Ashwin

25 37 9 1009 124 36.03 2 4 2 62.43

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

12 18 3 393 63* 26.20 0 3 2 46.62

Shikhar Dhawan

14 24 0 996 187 41.50 3 2 2 68.73

Harbhajan Singh

102 143 23 2209 115 18.40 2 9 19 65.08

Virat Kohli

34 60 4 2561 169 45.73 10 10 4 53.13

Amit Mishra

13 19 2 392 84 23.05 0 2 3 58.24

Cheteshwar Pujara

27 48 4 2073 206* 47.11 6 6 1 49.25

Ajinkya Rahane

15 28 3 1175 147 47.00 3 7 2 57.71

Lokesh Rahul

2 4 0 130 110 32.50 1 0 0 41.26

Wriddhiman Saha

5 9 0 153 36 17.00 0 0 2 37.50

Ishant Sharma

62 92 34 526 31* 9.06 0 0 20 28.98

Rohit Sharma

11 19 2 668 177 39.29 2 2 3 51.62

Murali Vijay

32 56 0 2338 167 41.75 6 10 3 47.00

Umesh Yadav

13 15 5 79 30 7.90 0 0 3 43.40

Test career figures – Bowling

  Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg SR RPO 5I /10M

Varun Aaron

6 961 11 768 14  3-97 54.85 68.64 4.79 0

Ravi Ashwin

25 7546 244 3745 124  7-103 30.20 60.85 2.97 10/2

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

12 1913 68 1015 29  6-82 35.00 65.97 3.18 2

Shikhar Dhawan

14 36 1 9 0  0-0 - - 1.50 0

Harbhajan Singh

102 28430 870 13447 416  8-84 32.32 68.34 2.83 25/5

Virat Kohli

34 144 1 70 0  0-3 - - 2.91 0

Amit Mishra

13 3497 79 1862 43  5-71 43.30 81.33 3.19 1

Cheteshwar Pujara

27 - - - - - - - - -

Ajinkya Rahane

15 - - - - - - - - -

Lokesh Rahul

2 - - - - - - - - -

Wriddhiman Saha

5 - - - - - - - - -

Ishant Sharma

62 12507 387 7000 187  7-74 37.43 66.88 3.35 6/1

Rohit Sharma

11 328 3 197 2  1-26 98.50 164.00 3.60 0

Murali Vijay

32 216 5 105 1  1-12 105.00 216.00 2.91 0

Umesh Yadav

13 2250 43 1637 43  5-93 38.06 52.33 4.36 1

Tests in Sri Lanka – Batting

  Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s SR

Harbhajan Singh

9 14 0 154 44 11.00 0 0 1 73.68

Amit Mishra

1 1 0 40 40 40.00 0 0 0 60.60

Ishant Sharma

6 11 5 110 31* 18.33 0 0 3 26.63

Murali Vijay

2 3 0 99 58 33.00 0 1 0 46.70

Tests in Sri Lanka – Bowling

  Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg SR RPO 5I/10M

Harbhajan Singh

9 2267 59 1173 25  6-102 46.92 90.68 3.10 1/1

Amit Mishra

1 356 4 187 4  3-47 46.75 89.00 3.15 0

Ishant Sharma

6 1023 35 645 13  3-20 49.62 78.69 3.78 0

Murali Vijay

2 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0

-RAJNEESH GUPTA

 

Rajneesh Gupta