The Number 4 Slot?
Yet another spot for India where they have more than one option in the squad. The number 4 slot, right after Kohli at 3, has been occupied by Shreyas Iyer recently for India but the maiden call-up for Suryakumar Yadav makes it a direct toss up between them.
Excellent at accumulating runs at good pace, both Shreyas and Suryakumar are coming off the back of good IPL performances, have also been in good form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scoring centuries for Mumbai.
Both Mumbai batsmen are good against spin too, which will make it an interesting contest for the management to keep an eye on.
Who Leads the Bowling Attack?
Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah are unavailable for the series and T Natarajan is yet to join the Indian side in Ahmedabad, who however have welcomed back Bhuvneshwar Kumar after an injury lay-off.
Bhuvneshwar, 31, will be hungry to make his mark as will the other pacers in the squad – Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar. This is a selection…
