Board of control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday (September 12), unnoticed all-rounder Stuart Binny and uncapped bowler Shardul Thakur in their trimmed down 15-guy squad for the imminent test series in opposition to New Zealand at home, beginning from September 22. The duo turned into part of the squad that performed within the these days-concluded 4-fit take a look at series in West Indies. With the new Zealand collection set to kick-start a long home season, the Sandeep Patil-led choice panel - additionally comprising Vikram Rathour (North area), Saba Karim (significant quarter), MSK Prasad (South area) and Gagan Khoda (East region) - kept away from tinkering an excessive amount of with the squad that emerged successful in West Indies. Virat Kohli will have at his disposal the choice of gambling three spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra even as four pacers - Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav - will jostle for the spots within the fast-bowling branch jostle for the spots in the rapid-bowling department. a number of the batsmen, KL Rahul comes as a accessible alternative for the primary-desire establishing pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay, the former mainly, who has persevered a patchy shape in exams lately. Kohli will also be thrilled by means of Cheteshwar Pujara's well timed double century within the Duleep trophy very last, after having struggled for runs in West Indies. Patil also hinted at handing Rohit Sharma the threat to set up himself within the longer layout of the game by way of providing him with opportunities. "Rohit (Sharma) is a splendid player however he hasn't got an extended run in checks cricket. He has been picked for one check after which rested a whole season and again picked. So the selection committee, in conjunction with teach and captain, have decided that whoever would be picked could be given a fair amount of probabilities," Patil stated while addressing the media after the squad selection. while the selectors caught with the center from the previous collection, Patil revealed that several senior players - which includes Gautam Gambhir - got here up for discussion at some stage in the hour-long meeting. The Delhi captain last played a test for India in August 2014 in England, but his spectacular run of form within the ongoing Duleep Trophy - with rankings of 77, 90, 59 and 94 main as much as the very last - prompted his ardent fans to arrive in more Noida with a 20-toes banner that read 'bring returned Gambhir'. "It is not simply Gautam Gambhir, we additionally have many senior players. It is good that we've got more youthful gamers so that it will replace a senior player like Gambhir," Patil said, lauding Rahul's current upward thrust. New Zealand, who've already arrived in India, will play a warm-up tie against Mumbai in Delhi from September 16, before visiting to Kanpur for the primary take a look at from September 22. After a damage of 3 days, the action will shift to Eden Gardens in Kolkata for the second one test from September 30 earlier than the very last game in Indore from October 8. whilst the seventh-placed site visitors will wish to provide a great account of themselves and better their scores, India, presently 2d, will have their attractions firmly set on mountaineering to the pinnacle of the table. India squad: Virat Kohli (Capt), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav