India vs England Test: Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari Get Maiden Test Call, Post Heartwarming Messages

India announced an 18-member squad after winning the Nottingham Test by 203 runs and there were many surprises. Murali Vijay was axed and Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari got their maiden Test call.

India announced an 18-member squad after winning the Nottingham Test by 203 runs and there were many surprises. Murali Vijay was axed and Prithvi Shaw and Hanuma Vihari got their maiden Test call. The young cricketers took to their social media handle to express what they feel and their posts are heartwarming.

ICC posted the inclusion of Hanuma Vihari in a tweet, the Andhra Pradesh cricketer took to Twitter to respond to that post and his message exactly reflects of what the call-up means to him.

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Always proud to represent my country 🇮🇳 around the world! #IndiaCalling#ENGvIND#testcrickethttps://t.co/LmKVqUfXaI

— Hanuma vihari (@Hanumavihari) August 23, 2018

Young Prithvi Shaw was not far in thanking his fans, who are growing in numbers. Here is his post.

😇😇😇 pic.twitter.com/UFfesK51Eo

— Prithvi Shaw (@PrithviShaw) August 23, 2018

It was a couple of hours after the Nottingham victory that the team was announced.

Indian team for 4th and 5th Test against England announced.

Virat Kohli (C), Dhawan, Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Pujara, Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ashwin, Jadeja, Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shami, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hanuma Vihari pic.twitter.com/bICu1ef9Co

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 22, 2018

Here is the team for the Southampton and Oval Tests.

Virat Kohli (C), Dhawan, Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Pujara, Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ashwin, Jadeja, Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shami, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Karun Nair, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hanuma Vihari