4 players who could be considered in Indian squad for Test against Afghanistan
Team India's immediate assignment after the Indian Premier League will be against Afghanistan in a one-off Test at Bengaluru. The Test will commence from 14th June 2018 and there has been speculation that many Test specialists will not be a part of the historic match.
Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma will be busy with their county commitments which will be perfect practice for them for the upcoming 5 Test series against England, starting 1st August 2018.
With India A all set to tour England in June 2018, it will be a perfect opportunity for BCCI to send Test specialists to England for India A tour to get acclimatized to the English conditions.
Thus the one-off Test against Afghanistan might see some new faces in the Indian Test squad while some out-of-favour players might make a comeback to the team.
Here is a look at 4 cricketers who might be considered by the selectors if the Test specialists are sent to England early for the India A tour:
#4. Mayank Agarwal
Mayank Agarwal was in prolific form in domestic cricket last season. The 27-year-old opener from Karnataka topped the charts in Ranji cricket where he scored 1160 runs in 13 innings at a staggering average of 105.45 with 5 centuries, 2 half-centuries and a highest score of 304 not out.
Mayank continued his form in the Vijay Hazare Trophy too and topped the scoring charts with 723 runs in 8 matches.
Mayank scored 2141 runs across all formats last season which is the highest ever total by any Indian batsman in domestic cricket.
It will be a perfect opportunity for India to hand him his debut at Bengaluru, his home ground.