Number-3 and opening two places are vacant, 3 players are big contenders; Who will Team India bet on?
Shubman Gill And Rohit Sharma
India vs Australia 1st Test: Indian team’s young batsman Shubman Gill will not be able to play in the first test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Gill fractured his thumb while taking a slip catch on the second day of India’s simulated training game. According to the report of ESPNcricinfo, Gill is working hard for the second Test match starting from December 6. Team India’s problems have increased after Gill’s injury. Now he will have to change his batting order. On the other hand, regular captain Rohit Sharma will not play in the first Test after the birth of his second child. In his place, Jasprit Bumrah will take charge of Team India. Now Team India has two slots vacant. One for opening and the other for number three. Three players are big contenders for these two places in the Indian Test squad for the Australia tour.
Easwaran may get a chance to open
Abhimanyu Easwaran, who has scored mountains of runs in domestic cricket, has opened for India A on the Australian tour. He has not yet debuted for Team India. This 29 year old player has scored 7674 runs in 101 first class matches, which includes 27 centuries. Apart from this, he has 3847 runs in his name in 88 List-A matches. In such a situation, Easwaran may get a chance to open with Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Competition between Rahul and Jurel for number-3!
1. KL Rahul
KL Rahul made his Test debut for Team India in 2014. Since then, he has also played in the middle order for the team and has also opened. He has experience and quickly adapts himself to the circumstances. So far, he has scored 2981 runs in 53 test matches for Team India, which includes 8 centuries and 15 half-centuries. His bat speaks volumes in test matches abroad. Rahul has so far scored 618 runs in 11 test matches against Australia.
2. Dhruv Jurel
Dhruv Jurel did not get a chance to play even a single match in the Test series against New Zealand. After this he performed well for India-A. He played innings of 80 and 68 runs. Jurel made his debut for Team India in the year 2024 against England. He has so far scored 190 runs in 3 test matches for the Indian team, which includes one half-century.
