M Vijay, the India opener, has kept his place in the squad for the final two Tests against Australia. He had picked up an injury to his left shoulder while fielding in Pune and had to miss the Bengaluru Test, but with a week left until the start of the third game in Ranchi, he appears to have time to recover.
Allrounder Hardik Pandya, who has shoulder troubles of his own, was the only member to be culled from the 16-man squad chosen at the start of the tour.
Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami, who have recovered from long-standing shoulder and knee problems respectively, have played List A cricket over the past week but they are yet to prove their fitness over the course of a first-class match and that could perhaps be the reason for their absence from the Indian Test team. Shami practiced with the Indian team at Chinnaswamy stadium, although he mostly bowled off a short run-up.
India squad: Virat Kohli (capt), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinav Mukund, Karun Nair, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha, Ishant Sharma, M Vijay, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav
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