The five-match Test series between india and england is set to begin on june 20. There have been reports that there has been a difference of opinion between captain Shubman Gill and head coach gautam gambhir over the selection of the third-order batsman in the indian team for this series. With the retirement of rohit sharma and virat kohli, Shubman Gill has been appointed as the new Test captain of the indian team. It is said that he expressed his views during the team selection. Usually, head coach gautam gambhir and chairman of the selection committee Ajit Agarkar discuss and make decisions in team selection. rohit sharma used to express his views when he was the captain. Similarly, it has been reported that the new captain Gill has also exchanged some views regarding the team selection.
At that time, the question arose as to who should be placed in the third order in the indian Test team. In the absence of rohit sharma and virat kohli, it was decided to put KL rahul in the opening order where rohit sharma came in, and Shubman Gill in the fourth order where virat kohli batted. If so, the question arose as to who should be placed in the third order where Shubman Gill had been batting until now. Even though Karun Nair had returned to the team, it was decided that he could be placed in the middle order. He could come in the fifth order. In this situation, it is said that Shubman Gill and gautam gambhir argued for two players, abhimanyu Easwaran, and Sai Sudarshan, for the third order. gautam gambhir insisted that abhimanyu Easwaran should be placed in the third order, while Shubman Gill argued that Sai Sudarshan, who had batted well with him in the gujarat Titans team, should be placed in the third order. Shubman Gill had argued that he should be included in the team and that he should play in the third row.

 It is said that in the end, the decision was only made to include Sai sudarshan as a prospective player. After that, abhimanyu Easwaran was included in the india 'A' team and played two matches against the england Lions. He scored a half-century in each match. In particular, he was the highest run-scorer in the india 'A' team in the second match, scoring 80 runs. It is said that he will also be in the third row in the england Test series due to these positive aspects. Since Sai sudarshan was playing in the IPL series, he could not play in the two practice matches against the england Lions. Due to this reason, Sai sudarshan is now in a position to sit out as a substitute. The final decision regarding this batting order of the indian team will be known in the coming days.
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Sowmiya Sriram

13/06/2025 01:31 PM