KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel added to India A squad for second unofficial Test vs Australia A

Previously, Prasidh Krishna was added to the squad arsenic a replacement for Yash Dayal, who was named successful India’s T20I squad for the circuit of South Africa.

Reports successful the media suggested that KL Rahul could beryllium asked to unfastened the innings for India A too Abhimanyu Easwaran successful Melbourne.

Since determination is simply a anticipation that India volition not person skipper Rohit Sharma disposable for the archetypal India vs Australia Test lucifer astatine Perth successful the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rahul and Easwaran could beryllium auditioning for a relation to commencement successful the opening bid too Yashasvi Jaiswal.

In case, Rahul is asked to open, Ruturaj Gaikwad, who opened for India A successful the archetypal unofficial Test successful Mackay, could beryllium asked to driblet down into the mediate order.

The archetypal Test successful Perth volition commencement from November 22. Skipper Rohit Sharma could miss the lucifer owed to idiosyncratic reasons, as reported by The Indian Express.

After India mislaid the location bid to New Zealand by 0-3, Rohit Sharma was asked astir reports astir him missing the archetypal Test lucifer successful Australia due to the fact that of idiosyncratic reasons astatine the property conference. “I americium not excessively definite astir Perth. But fingers crossed,” helium responded astir the November 22-27 fixture.

India A squad for 2nd first-class game

Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran (VC), Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (WK), Abishek Porel (WK), Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (wk)