Indian management is missing out on two top-order batters Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill for the opening Test match in Australia starting on November 22 in Perth. Devdutt Padikkal has been added to India's squad for the BGT opener to provide some stability at the top of the order.
The Indian management is sweating on various injuries ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 opener in Perth. Shubman Gill is expected to miss the first Test due to a thumb fracture and captain Rohit Sharma is yet to join the camp.
Devdutt Padikkal was the highest scorer for India A with 36 runs as the visitors were folded cheaply by Australia A for just 107 riding on Brendan Doggett's six-wicket haul. Test hopefuls Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nitish Kumar Reddy too didn't make a mark in Mackay on Thursday morning.
Fast bowlers Khaleel Ahmed and Aaqib Khan took three wickets each to bowl out India D team to 183 and then openers Mayank Agarwal and Pratham Singh registered brilliant half-centuries to put India A in a dominant position at the end of Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy 2nd round fixtures.
Rohit Sharam and Shubman Gill converted their fifties into brilliant hundreds and then Sarfaraz Khan and uncapped Devdutt Padikkal smashed quick fifties to help India go past 400 in their first innings against England in Dharamsala on Friday.
India are at the top of the points table with five wins and two losses. They have aggregated 62 points and have a PCT (Points Percentage System) of 64.58. England, on the other hand, are eighth with just 21 points.
Team India could well hand another debut for in the ongoing five-match Test series against England, with four caps being given so far already. KL Rahul, who has travelled to London for further consultation, still remains doubtful for the series finale in Dharamsala.
Indian cricket team will be without rested Japrit Bumrah for the fourth Test match against England in Ranchi starting on February 23. The management is likely to consider making one or two changes to their playing eleven with a 2-1 lead in the series.
Team India is likely to make as many as four changes to their line-up for the third Test against England. But who makes the final XI between Devdutt Padikkal and Sarfaraz Khan is the big question after the former was called up to the squad as KL Rahul's replacement.
Team India made a few changes to their squad for the remaining three Test matches against England and the third game in particular, with KL Rahul being the latest exclusion from the team. After a break of nine days, India and England will lock horns in the third Test in Rajkot starting February 15.
The experienced Uttar Pradesh spinner Saurabh Kumar took five wickets and pacers Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep bagged two each to bowl out the visiting side on just 321 runs in their second innings at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.
Jaydev Unadkat-led Saurashtra kicked off their title defence by bowling out Jharkhand on just 142 runs in the Ranji Trophy 2024 opener in Rajkot and then Cheteshwar Pujara's 157* off 238 balls helped them score a total of 406/4 on Day 2.
Devudutt Padikkal endured a poor IPL 2023 season with Rajasthan Royal with just 261 runs in 11 matches while young pacer Avesh Khan managed to pick only eight wickets in nine games for Lucknow Super Giants.
Injury to Indian players has been the talking point of the town in the last few months with even skipper Rohit Sharma voicing the concern about the same.
Devdutt Padikkal slammed his maiden first-class hundred, an unbeaten 161, as Karnataka ended day one of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match against Pondicherry here at 293 for 3.
Devdutt Padikkal will be playing for his new team Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022.
Padikkal said playing for RCB right from the first game gave him the required confidence to ace the tournament.
The side failed to capitalise on their impressive start as RCB lost quick wickets towards the end of the innings, managing 156/6.
In the first half of IPL 2021, Padikkal had smashed his maiden IPL hundred off just 51 deliveries against Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai.
The left-handed opener, who hit a six and a four, was drafted into the playing XI after eight players were put in isolation for coming in close contact with Covid-hit Krunal Pandya.
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