Sports Desk. The Indian team gathered in Hyderabad on Saturday 20 January to prepare for the upcoming five-match Test series (IND vs ENG Test Series) against England. Earlier, the team’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja met some players of his IPL (Indian Premier League) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK). He posted the photo of this meeting on his social media app ‘Instagram’ account, in the caption of which he wrote – The sixth cup is loading. In the photo uploaded by Jadeja, his CSK teammates Shardul Thakur, Ruturaj Gaiwad and Deepak Chahar are seen.
Let us tell you that Jadeja shared a photo on Instagram with Shardul, Ruturaj and Deepak wearing India’s training jersey. He wrote in the caption that the sixth cup is being loaded. It appears that his eyes are set on giving CSK a record sixth title. 35 year old Jadeja is an important part of CSK. On the other hand, medium pace bowler Deepak has also contributed continuously for the team. Ruturaj, considered an opening batsman and future captain, has played big innings on many occasions while opening the innings for Chennai. Apart from this, CSK has again included Shardul, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the last season, in its team in the mini auction held in December last year.
Jadeja has been included in India’s 16-member team for the first Test match against England starting from January 25 in Hyderabad. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced its team for the first two matches of the five-match Test series. Jadeja will join the Indian team in Hyderabad on Saturday. At the same time, Shardul is not playing in Ranji Trophy due to injury while Ruturaj and Deepak are also focusing on their fitness. After the Test series against England, all the above mentioned players will be seen playing for CSK in the upcoming IPL.
CSK team: MS Dhoni (captain), Devon Conway (wicketkeeper), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rashid, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Deepak Chahar, Mahesh. Teekshana, Mukesh Chaudhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Mathisha Pathirana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avnish Rao Aravali.
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