{"id":89742,"date":"2025-11-27T15:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/india-defines-its-xi-for-the-adelaide-test-shaw-saha-and-ashwin-starters-42\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:12:18","slug":"india-defines-its-xi-for-the-adelaide-test-shaw-saha-and-ashwin-starters-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/cricket\/india-defines-its-xi-for-the-adelaide-test-shaw-saha-and-ashwin-starters-42\/","title":{"rendered":"India defines its XI for the Adelaide Test: Shaw, Saha and Ashwin starters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India reveals its lineup for the Adelaide Test<\/h2>\n\n\nWriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, and Prithvi Shaw will represent India in the Adelaide Test, with Umesh Yadav as the third fast bowler. The team selection was finalized two days before the expected match.\n\nThe decision to keep Shaw was crucial, despite Shubman Gill&#8217;s good performance in the practice matches. Shaw, who has shown his ability to be devastating, was chosen to maintain continuity in the starting lineup.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fi%2Fcricket%2Fcricinfo%2F1244082_900x1125.png\" alt=\"India anuncia su XI un d\u00eda antes del Test de Adelaide\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe absence of Ravindra Jadeja, due to an injury, also influenced the team selection.\n\nRegarding the wicketkeeper, India opted for Saha instead of Pant, prioritizing his wicketkeeping skills, especially with the pink ball. The coaching staff considered that Saha&#8217;s superior skills would be fundamental.\n\nYadav, with experience in testing and a good performance in the practice match, was selected as the third fast bowler, replacing Ishant Sharma.\n\n<b>India&#8217;s Line-up:<\/b> Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India reveals its lineup for the Adelaide Test Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, and Prithvi Shaw will represent India in the Adelaide Test, with Umesh Yadav as the third fast bowler. The team selection was finalized two days before the expected match. The decision to keep Shaw was crucial, despite Shubman Gill&#8217;s good performance in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[499,498,500,501],"class_list":{"0":"post-89742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-adelaide-test","9":"tag-india","10":"tag-prithvi-shaw","11":"tag-r-ashwin"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}