Rawal, Sharma, Gaud Earn Maiden Test Call-Ups for India vs Australia Clash

• Pratika Rawal, Vaishnavi Sharma, and Kranti Gaud have been named in India's 15-member Test squad for the one-off match against Australia in Perth (March 6-9).
• Pratika Rawal, a World Cup winner, makes her Test debut after recovering from an ankle injury, having scored 1110 ODI runs at an average of 50.45.
• Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma, a U19 World Cup winner, and pacer Kranti Gaud, who debuted last year, also receive their maiden Test call-ups.
• Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Test squad, which follows white-ball series (3 T20Is, 3 ODIs) starting February 15.
• Uma Chetry replaces injured G Kamalini in the T20I and ODI squads; Anushka Sharma is named in the India A squad for the ACC Rising Star Asia Cup.

Why It Matters: Three new faces, including Pratika Rawal, Vaishnavi Sharma, and Kranti Gaud, join India's Test squad for Australia.