Shikhar Dhawan aborts practice session, raises injury concern

BENGALURU: Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan's curtailed observe consultation on Wednesday raised critical doubts about his participation within the ancient one-off Test against Afghanistan, beginning on Thursday.

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Even regardless that it's still not confirmed what in fact happened to Dhawan, his unavailability might be able to open the door for Karun Nair within the middle-order.

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In case Dhawan is unable to play, KL Rahul is ready to open the batting along Murali Vijay and Nair is prone to find a place in middle-order.

Unlike Vijay, who was once rested for the optional observe consultation, Dhawan did flip up for training however was once conspicuous via absence at the web consultation.

Dhawan mentioned off via doing a little working between the wickets drill however regarded gingerly and clearly in some discomfort. He was once then observed talking to Indian team health teacher Shankar Basu and physio Patrick Farhat and after that he didn't take part within the standard web consultation where Rahul spent prolonged time.

All the bowlers (two frontline pacers Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav along side spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja) save Kuldeep Yadav and Navdeep Saini had been rested. Ditto for all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

The variety committee led via MSK Prasad has adopted a pattern of like for like replacement. By that common sense, Karun Nair being a middle-order batsman is predicted to play at No.4 in common captain Virat Kohli's place.

Karun, who is going to guide India A within the four-day games in England, is being regarded upon as Rohit Sharma's conceivable replacement. Rohit, after his latest failure in South Africa, possibly would possibly not to find it easy to come back back in longest structure.

However, with Rahul in imperious type of past due (at least within the IPL) and expected to play a key function in England, there may be each likelihood of giving him the game time that he merits.

Also trying out Rahul at No.three and via pushing Pujara at No.4 will give team management an opportunity to create a back-up for the Saurashtra right-hander in case he flops in England.

There is a chance of both (Karun and Rahul) enjoying however whether the team wishes an extra batsman against a Test debutant nation is the bigger query.

The other large query is whether they will move with an extra spinner in chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, who might play Tests in England.

Ashwin (311) and Jadeja (165), with a collective 476 wickets between them, are expected to play however going via the nature of the Chinnaswamy observe, there shall be turn on offer, which might instructed them to stay an extra spinner within the side.

"The track definitely looked more brownish than yesterday (on the drier side) and you never know how it will look tomorrow. One thing is for sure that there will be turn on offer," Afghanistan trainer Phil Simmons mentioned today.

In that case, Hardik Pandya is prone to percentage the brand new ball with Ishant Sharma with Umesh Yadav sitting out.

However, Umesh has bowled some fantastic spells at the Chinnaswamy all over the IPL and also has been one among India's better pacers in house stipulations.