New Delhi: Indian opening batting lineup, thin in shape and experience, including Maya Agarwal, Kl Rahul, who has not played a test since two years, and Abhimanyu Easwaran, the inclusion already has an alis appetizer to raise eyebrows.
Both Agarwal or Rahul will open with Rohit Sharma after the availability of Shubman Gill for the first test against England on August 4 becomes uncertain due to a foot injury.
Sharma himself has failed beyond 30 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand.
There have been questions on the bench when the squad was announced last month.
And Gill’s injury had worsened the situation.
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Easwaran’s right hand was not even among the top five evangelists for Bengal in Ranji Trophy in 2019-20, the last time the tournament was played.
The only descendant of his first first-class in the 2019-20 season came during the Duleep trophy – 153.
Kl Rahul, who had undergone surgery for the recent appendicitis, had not yet played a test since August – September 2019.
Even though he traveled with a team to Australia For the four-test series, India won 2-1, he could not get a chance.
In fact, he was injured before the last two tests.
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Rohul has played all the last tests of India traveling to England but it was only in the final test, at the oval, that he managed to take a few – 37 and 149.
In addition he fought against moving balls.
Maya Agarwal, who experienced hot time in Australia as an opening (with a score of 17, 9, 0, 5), has not yet been tried since then.
He did not display in one of four tests against England at home.
It brings the focus of voter decisions to leave Prithvi Shaw or even Shikhar Dhawan, both of which have a test experience, even from the list of standby players.
Both Dhawan and Shaw are in Sri Lanka with excess forces over India.
Shaw, in fact, was dropped after failing in the first test in Adelaide in Australia, a pink ball test, where the whole batting India was destroyed.
The former Sarandeep Singh national voter recently expressed disagreement for the election of Easwaran.
“I was surprised by the choice of Easwaran.
I think Prithvi Shaw is an experienced player at the international level, and has played a test.
He is currently in the form too.
He should be included.
I will even think of Devdutt Padikkal, because you need to appreciate domestic shows too , “Sarandeep Singh, which is part of the previous selection committee, told IANS in chat recently.
If Gill fails to recover time and skip not only the first test but both too, it is very possible that Easwaran will be called to the main team.
Voters, if pressed, can even send Shaw to England immediately after tour Sri Lanka but it will be a long process and it may not be available before the third test.
Until now, everything rested on how the Sharma-Agarwal-Rahul trio appeared.