With Shreyas Iyer and Navdeep Saini joining the senior team in the US for the T20s against West Indies, Test specialists like opener Agarwal and speedster Yadav, who are already in the Caribbean, will play the second four-day game in their absence.
Mayank Agarwal was left out of India's limited-overs tour of West Indies despite being called in as a back-up during the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
Ahead of India's semifinal clash with the opponent yet to be decided, the Men in Blue were spotted in the streets of Leeds, with Vijay Shankar's replacement Mayank Agarwal spotted with the group.
People in the know of developments said that the call to pick Mayank Agarwal and not Ambati Rayudu was in fact made by the team management and not the five-member selection panel.
Agarwal is yet to make his ODI debut, although he was impressive in his debut Test series during India's historic victory in Australia earlier his year.
The BCCI named Agarwal as Shankar's replacement and it was approved by the International Cricket Council. The Indian team had requested the BCCI for a "suitable top-order batsman".
The BCCI is likely to make a formal request to the ICC to call in a replacement, which could be Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal.
Mayank Agarwal had a great few months and in an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, he revealed a few aspects of living through it.
Rahul (71*) and Agarwal (55) stitched 114 runs off 84 balls for the second wicket to take Kings XI close to the target.
Opting to bat, Kings XI first restricted Sunrisers to 150 for four and then rode on Rahul and Agarwal's knocks to chased down the target in 19.5 overs.
Chris Gayle, who has been in good form, had missed Kings XI's last match against Delhi Capitals, which Punjab won thanks to Sam Curran's four wickets, which also included a hat-trick.
Having contributed a quickfire 43 off 21 balls, Agarwal said that while chasing a target of 177, the idea was to stay calm and focused to achieve the target.
The talented Rahul was unbeaten on 71 off 57 balls with KXIP reaching the 177-run target in only 18.4 overs.
Andre Russell starred while Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana scored fifties as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 28 runs at Eden Gardens.
Karnataka chased the target with nine balls to spare and ended their otherwise ordinary season on a high.
Agarwal said that he has learnt from his mistakes after the Australian tour where he missed out on a century in the debut innings.
On his part, Mayank knew that focusing on the game was more important but still he couldn't help but reply to the Australian ODI captain.
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Mayank Agarwal opened up about his experience in Australia and how Virat Kohli helped him settle in the dressing room ahead of his debut in Melbourne.
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