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Sharma, Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin, who had also retired mid-series in Australia, are the key names missing from India’s squad. Karun Nair returns to the test fold to lend some experience and is expected to bat in the middle order.“Virat reached out to us in early April and felt he had given everything he had,” Agarkar said. “We have seen him give 200 percent even when he is on the field, so if he couldn’t keep up to the standards, (he felt) it was time for him. It came from him and we had to respect that.”

Nair has a test triple hundred to his name — against England in Chennai (2016) — and has recently been in fine form. He scored 863 runs in nine Ranji Trophy games (First-Class) and 779 runs in eight Vijay Hazare Trophy games (List-A) in the 2024-25 domestic season. He also played for Northamptonshire in the 2024 County season and scored a double hundred.Other notable inclusions are those of batter Sai Sudharsan and left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh.Sudharsan currently leads the IPL batting charts with 638 runs in 13 games for Gujarat Titans. He is expected to bat at number three, with Gill slotting in at number four to replace Kohli. Experienced batter Lokesh Rahul is expected to open with Yashasvi Jaiswal.

Meanwhile, Singh has been India’s mainstay in white-ball formats and has earned this call-up to the test side after 9 ODIs and 63 T20s. He was also part of India’s 2024 T20 World Cup triumph in the West Indies.Pacer Mohammed Shami was left out owing to poor form and fitness concerns.

Bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur, who was part of India’s last tour to England in 2021-22, also returns to the squad, which includes spin all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.

India’s squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.NASA has chosen Starship for its first two astronaut landings on the moon under Artemis, named after Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology.

When asked if Musk has contacted him since his nomination about how to manage NASA, Isaacman replied, “not at all.” Isaacman then was questioned how he would protect against undue influence from Musk, given SpaceX’s billions of dollars’ worth of contracts with NASA.“I absolutely want to be clear,” Isaacman said. “My loyalty is to this nation, the space agency and their world-changing mission.”

Isaacman said he supports continuing the International Space Station through 2030, as currently planned by NASA. Musk suggested earlier this year that the space station should be dumped as soon as possible in order to focus on Mars.When pressed by senators again before the hearing ended, Isaacman said the space station should keep going until it’s replaced by private outposts in orbit.