After the emphatic win in the first Test by an innings and 272 runs against West Indies, India decided to retain the same 12-member squad for the 2nd Test which is set to begin from Wednesday in Hyderabad from Friday.
As expected, the man-of-the-match award winner Prithvi Shaw retained his place in the team. But despite criticisms over his form, KL Rahul, who was dismissed for a duck in the first over was also included in the side, despite India having the option to give Mayank Agarwal his Test debut.
India 12-man squad for 1st Test: Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur
