Prithvi Shaw along with middle-order batsmen Hanuma Vihari were included in the Test team as selectors announced squad for the fourth and fifth Test on Thursday.
Out of form opener Murali Vijay was axed from the team. Kuldeep Yadav was also left out of the team and will be part of the India A squad for the four-day game against Australia A.
Shaw aggregated 603 runs in 10 innings for India A in the recent England tour.
Vihari has scored 5142 runs in his First-Class career including 15 hundreds and 24 fifties with a highest score of 302 not out. Vihari has showed solid form for India A in recent weeks, scoring a century against South Africa A in Bengaluru at the beginning of August.
Vijay’s axeing wasn’t totally unexpected as he managed to score only 128 runs in 5 matches, averaging a miserable 12.80. He was dropped for the Trent Bridge Test with India going with KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan as the two openers. Both put in impressive displays, getting India off to solid starts in both the innings.
