Mullanpur: The next international cricket tour of the IPL began with a lone Test against the Afghans Indian team. Under the leadership of Shubman Gill, Team India is going to play the Test in Mullanpur. A new face has been given a chance in this Test despite retaining a fairly regular Test XI. He is the healer of man. Jasprit Bumrah is not playing in Tests. He has been rested. That’s probably why Manav got a chance as an extra spinner for Gujarat Titans IPLThe game is human.

Shubman Gill led Gujarat Titans to the final of IPL. Despite not winning the title under his leadership, the Gujarat camp finished as runners-up. As a result, Gill will be somewhat confident before going into the Test. Also in the Indian squad are Sai Sudarshan, Washington Sundar, Prasiddha Krishna and Mohammed Siraj from the Gujarat camp. All of them have consistently played well in Tests before. This time another young face of Gujarat Titans is Manav Sutha. Jasprit Bumra did not play, perhaps in search of a third pacer, the coach, the captain leaned towards Suthar.

KL Rahul and Yasswi Jaiswal in the opening slot. Sai Sudarshan will go down in the number three slot. In the last year and a half, Sai has made his place in the national team in the test format. Gill will play at number four. Then Panth, Jurrell and Washington. Rishabh Pant made a comeback in the national team after a long time. Panth’s IPL did not go well at all. Lucknow finished the tournament at the bottom of the points table. Pant himself stepped down as captain after the tournament. In this situation, the battle to bring back his batong form is in front of Panth. At the same time, Dhruv Jurel has also been given a chance in the XI. He batted well in the IPL in the Rajasthan jersey in the middle order. Pant has consistently performed well in the last few series in India’s Test jersey. The management could not show the courage to sit him out.

Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna lead the pace bowling department. Both of them are staying in pace department. Manav is staying with Kuldeep Yadav in the spin department. This is the first time since 2021 that a bowler has debuted in the Indian jersey as a specialist spinner. Although this Test is not part of the Test Championship, the Indian cricketers will want to polish themselves before the upcoming England series.