Virat Kohli rested for T20s as India confirm squads for Bangladesh visit

Rohit Sharma will captain the white-ball side but an unchanged Test group has been announced to face The Tigers

India have opted to rest Virat Kohli for the T20 series against Bangladesh after confirming their squads for the visit of The Tigers next month.

In an effort to manage his workload the 30-year-old will sit out the three matches with Rohit Sharma replacing him as skipper.

Kohli will, however, return to lead an unchanged squad for the two-Test series which begins on November 14 in Indore.

Alterations have however been made to the white-ball group which sees Shivam Dube earn his maiden call-up, while Sanju Samson has been selected as the back-up wicket-keeper.

Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Ravi Jadeja and Navdeep Saini all miss out while Jasprit Bumrah remains unavailable due to a stress fracture in his lower back.

Vuzendra Chahal returns and there is also a call-up for Shardul Thakur.

The three-match T20 series between India and Bangladesh kicks off on November 3 in Delhi, before moving on to Rajkot on November 7 and Nagpur on November 10.

Test squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Saha (wk), R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant

T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Shivam Dube, Shardul Thakur