7 players who played India's previous Test in Kanpur but are not in the squad anymore

The Indian team will be playing a Test match in Kanpur after three years. The Test team has changed a lot in the past 12 months, especially with the selectors and the team management hitting the transition button. There are a few players, who played that Test match against New Zealand in 2021 but are nowhere near the squad right now. Take a look-

Virat Kohli skipped the first Test of the New Zealand series in Kanpur from November 25-29 which meant that Ajinkya Rahane had to fill in for the regular captain. Rahane due to a lean run of form hasn't played for India since the last WI series

Shreyas Iyer was the player of the match in Kanpur against New Zealand with a century and a half-century, however, his diminishing red-ball returns meant that he was excluded from the Test team

Ishant Sharma hasn't played for India since that Kanpur Test as the selectors looked in a different direction as far as the pace attack was concerned

Mayank Agarwal has had a couple of good red-ball seasons and recently led India A to the Duleep Trophy title, however, he hasn't been in India's Test plans since the Sri Lanka Test at home in 2022

Umesh Yadav formed the two-man pace attack for India in Kanpur alongside Ishant. Umesh hasn't played for India since the WTC final last year

India have moved on from Cheteshwar Pujara too despite the veteran No 3 scoring tons of runs in the County Championship

Wriddhiman Saha played his last for India in the second Test match of that series in Mumbai against New Zealand as the team moved on from him