Ind vs Aus: Hardik Pandya released, India retain 15 for last 2 Tests

Updated on: 10 March,2017 09:15 AM IST |
PTI |

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who did not feature in the playing XI in the first two Tests in Pune and Bangalore, was yesterday released from the Indian squad with the selectors retaining other 15 members for the remaining two games against Australia

Hardik Pandya

New Delhi: All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who did not feature in the playing XI in the first two Tests in Pune and Bangalore, was yesterday released from the Indian squad with the selectors retaining other 15 members for the remaining two games against Australia in Ranchi (March 16-20) and Dharamsala (March 25-30).

Pandya will play for Baroda in the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic one-day tournament. Pandya was released during the first Test also and he played three league games.

With the Ranchi wicket expected to be on the slower side, there is very little possibility of Pandya making the cut in the playing XI.

Opener Murali Vijay, who has suffered a shoulder injury missing the second Test match has been kept in the squad of 15 and is expected to get fit before the start of the third Test.

First choice opener Vijay is expected to replace Abhinav Mukund, who failed in both the innings in the second Test.

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