India Test team has been announced for the tour of New Zealand. Looking at KL Rahul's form, it was being speculated that he would be included in the team in place of injured Rohit Sharma, but this did not happen. Prithvi Shaw is back in the team after a long time. In the absence of Rohit in the Test team, Shubman Gill will be the third opener along with Rahul and Prithvi Shaw.

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According to reports, in the longest format of the game against Kiwis, the Indian team will go with three openers (Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, and Shubman Gill). It was clear on Monday that Rohit will not play ODI and Test series, instead two young players have been included in the team. Mayank Agarwal has been selected in the one-day series in place of Rohit and Shubman Gill in the team for the Test series. Agarwal's selection in the white-ball format is a logical decision as he played the reserve opener when Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out due to a knee injury during the home ODI series against the West Indies.

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Ishant Sharma has been included on the condition of passing the fitness test. Delhi's second paceer, Navdeep Saini, will also be a part of the game of this long format. The Indian pace battery, under the leadership of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Jaspreet Bumrah, looks extremely strong. Both Rishabh Pant and Wriddhiman Saha have been included in the team as wicketkeepers. In the batting, captain Virat Kohli will get the help of new 'wall' Cheteshwar Pujara. Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will be desperate to get back his lost form. Hanuma Vihari will also strengthen this middle order. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will take care of the department.

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