Rishabh Pant returns to Test squad for Bangladesh series

Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant returned to the Indian Test team for the first time in nearly two years after the BCCI announced a 16-member squad for the first of two Tests against Bangladesh.

Pant was involved in a near-fatal crash in December 2022 that required him to have multiple surgeries but after a long road to recovery, he returned to action and even made the squad for their victorious T20 World Cup campaign earlier this year.

Pant, whose last Test appearance was also against Bangladesh in December 2022, has been called up alongside wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel while uncapped left-arm seamer Yash Dayal has also been included. The first Test in Chennai starts on September 19.

INDIA SQUAD

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal