Rishabh Pant has earned his stripes with excellent batting performances in Australia and will get a long rope in the five-day format, said India captain Virat Kohli, who also hinted that Axar Patel might be in line for a Test debut against England.
The four-match Test series starts on Friday in Chennai.
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The Indian captain also made it clear that bowlers who can bat well will be in the “forefront of their plans” during the four Tests and the opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill is expected to be persisted with during the entire duration of the series against England.
“Yes, Rishabh will start and take the gloves tomorrow. He had impact performances recently and he is in a good space, and we want him to build on this along with improvement in all aspects of his game,” Kohli said while discussing various aspects of team combination.
“This will happen with game…