Hanuma Vihari has been a part of the Indian Test cricket team since 2018. Since making his debut against England, the 28-year-old batsman has played only 15 Tests in the last three-and-a-half years and has scored 808 runs at an average of 35.13. He has scored one century and five half-centuries. Despite showing his ability to play solid defensive knocks in the middle order, Vihari was never able to cement his place in the playing XI. Vihari had to sit out due to injury and the presence of other senior players in the middle order.
Vihari is now part of Team India’s 17-man Test squad for the postponed Test match against England to be played at Edgbaston from July 1-5. India is currently leading 2-1 in the Test series. Cheteshwar Pujara also got a chance in the team, so now the question has started to arise whether Vihari will get a chance in the presence of this right-handed batsman? Another reason for this is that he got the opportunity to bat at number three in the series against Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, former Team India captain Mohammad Azharuddin has said a big thing about Vihari.
Azhar has said that Hanuma Vihari will have to score a century to cement his place in Team India’s playing 11, 50-60 runs are not going to work. Talking to reporters in Dubai, he said, “He has to score a century to take advantage of the opportunity. Just scoring 50-60 runs is not going to help them. He is an excellent player. But you can play for India for long only if you consistently score big runs. ,
After the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022), Team India will play cricket continuously. The Indian cricket team will first take on South Africa at home in the five-match T20I series starting from June 9. This will be followed by a tour of England. After the Test, India and England will also play T20 and ODI series. Right now the team has been announced for the T20 against South Africa and the only Test against England.
India Test squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Famous Krishna
Squad for South Africa Series: KL Rahul (c), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vc) (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.