Overview
- InsideSport reports the lone vacancy pits Dhruv Jurel against Axar Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy for the November 14 opener at Eden Gardens.
- Jurel struck 132 not out and 127 for India A against South Africa A in Bengaluru, strengthening his claim to play as a specialist batter.
- First-choice wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant is fit to return, which means any Jurel inclusion would be in the batting order rather than with the gloves.
- Ravichandran Ashwin urged the management to pick Jurel and said Axar may not be required if Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar are the preferred spinners.
- Expected dew and moisture in Kolkata could aid seamers, keeping Reddy in contention as a bowling-all-round option despite his recent limited bowling workloads.