India vs Bangladesh: Abhimanyu Easwaran likely to replace Rohit Sharma in Test; Umran may get call

Skipper
Rohit,
who
valiantly
tried
to
save
the
ODI
series
despite
a
left
thumb
dislocation,
is
likely
to
be
out
of
the
India
vs
Bangladesh
Test
series.

“Abhimanyu
Easwaran
has
scored
back
to
back
hundreds
in
ongoing
A
Test
series
and
is
an
opener.
In
all
likelihood,
he
will
join
the
squad
in
Chattogram
after
finishing
his
second
A
Test
in
Sylhet,”
a
senior
BCCI
source
told
PTI.

Easwaran
scored
141
in
first
A
Test
and
was
144
not
out
at
stumps
on
day
two
of
the
second
Test.

While
Easwaran
might
come
in
as
Rohit’s
cover,
it
will
be
stand
in
skipper
KL
Rahul
and
young
Shubman
Gill
who
would
be
opening
the
innings
for
India
in
Chattogram
and
Dhaka.

It
is
also
understood
that
Bengal
seamer
Mukesh
Kumar,
who
has
consistently
performed
for
India
A,
or
Umran
Malik,
could
replace
an
injured
Mohammed
Shami.

India’s
bowling
could
have
a
severely
depleted
look
as
Ravindra
Jadeja,
who
hasn’t
played
a
single
match
since
undergoing
knee
surgery,
will
be
playing
the
Test
matches
straightaway.

While
Axar
Patel
is
already
in
the
squad,
Saurabh
Kumar
could
be
called
in
from
the
A
team
as
a
back
up
left
arm
spinner
unless
some
out
of
box
thinking
brings
Suryakumar
Yadav
in
the
mix.

Surya
has
already
confirmed
that
he
will
play
Mumbai’s
second
Ranji
Trophy
game
this
season.