Shubman Gill To Bat At Number 3, KL Rahul To Open; India A Probable XI For Duleep Trophy Opener

Gill to lead the India A side in Duleep Trophy [x]

The much-anticipated Duleep Trophy tournament is set to begin from September 5, with four teams fighting it out for the coveted trophy.

The competition provides the perfect chance for the Test bound players to get into the rhythm ahead of the Bangladesh series, which begins this month. Day 1 of the tournament will witness India A collide against India B, and India C up against India D side in mouth-watering contests.

In this piece, we will analyse the probable playing XI for the India A side for their tournament opener against India B, with few interesting decisions being made.

Tilak Varma, Riyan Parag, and Shivan Dube - a formidable middle-order trio

Shubman Gill cemented his place at number 3 against England, earlier this year, and as a result, he would like to bat at the same position. That leaves us with the Karnataka duo of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal to open the innings.

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The middle-order boasts of two brilliant all-rounders in Riyan Parag and Shivam Dube, and they also have a brilliant left-handed batter in Tilak Varma.

Dhruv Jurel will keep the wickets for the India A side, and the team also has a brilliant spinner in Kuldeep Yadav, who would like to get a game or two, before the Test series begins against Bangladesh. The side also has a brilliant pace attack in Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep and Khaleel Ahmed. 

India A Probable XI For Duleep Trophy Opener

KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill (c), Tilak Varma, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Khaleel Ahmed.

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