Overview

• Players will fly from their home cities and hold the first nets on September 5 at the ICC Academy, according to a senior BCCI official quoted by PTI.
• Five named standbys — Yashasvi Jaiswal, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel — will not travel with the 15-member squad.
• Vice-captain Shubman Gill, recovering from a recent viral illness, is set to report to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for assessment, with reports indicating no major health concern.
• Several squad members are sharpening up via the Duleep Trophy, while standby Dhruv Jurel (groin niggle) and East Zone’s Abhimanyu Easwaran (fever) missed their opening games.
• The confirmed squad is led by Suryakumar Yadav with Gill as deputy, as discussion around roles continues alongside pundit views highlighting potential game-changers such as Jasprit Bumrah, Abhishek Sharma and Varun Chakravarthy.