Indian team surprised in Perth Test, left both Ashwin and Jadeja out of playing eleven.

The Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia has started, and in the first Test match being played at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. But as soon as Bumrah announced the playing eleven of Team India, a surprising news came out. Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin have been dropped for this match, which was shocking for Indian cricket fans.

Did India make a big mistake?

It is very rare that both the premier spin bowlers, Ashwin and Jadeja, do not find a place in India’s Test playing XI. However, in this match, captain Bumrah gave priority to Washington Sundar over both of them. This decision has seemed strange and surprising to the fans, because Jadeja and Ashwin are the most experienced and best spin bowlers of the Indian team.

Team India’s playing eleven

This time the players included in Team India are:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana.

This is one of the few special occasions in the history of Indian Test cricket, when the pair of Ashwin and Jadeja had to take the field without any help. The last time India played a Test match without this pair was in 2021.