BCCI selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar to announce India squad for Bangladesh Tests following conclusion of 1st round of Duleep Trophy

Most of the regular players of the Indian cricket team, except for Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin, have been included in the squad for the upcoming domestic red-ball tournament. This tournament will be crucial in helping the selectors finalize the final 15 players for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. Some of the players who will be participating in the tournament include Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav, Akash Deep, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Mukesh Kumar, Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, and KS Bharat, among others.

According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, BCCI will name the squad for the two-match series after the end of round one of the Duleep Trophy, which will be played from September 5 to 8 in Bengaluru and Anantapur. The selected players will later attend a training camp in Chennai on September 12 ahead of the start of the Bangladesh series.

The Bangladesh Test series will mark the beginning of India's long Test season as part of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25. The series against the Najmul Shanto-led squad, who on Tuesday scripted a historic 2-0 sweep against Pakistan, their fourth Test series whitewash and second away from home, will be played in Chepauk and Kanpur respectively, followed by a three-match T20I series.

Later in October, India will play three Tests at home against New Zealand, before travelling to South Africa for five white-ball matches. The Rohit Sharma-led side will eventually end the calendar year with a five-match Border-Gavaskar series in Australia.

India currently stand top of the WTC points table with 68.52 percentage points and could seal their place in the WTC final for the third straight time if they can maintain their unbeaten record at home in the series against Bangladesh and New Zealand.