Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Dayal Added to India Squad For BGT Ahead of 1st Test at Perth - REPORT

IND VS AUS: It may not be confirmed as of now, but reports suggest that Devdutt Pikkal and Yash Dayal have been ded to squ. Pikkal and Dayal were in reserves. news is yet to be official and expectations are it will happen soon. Does that mean both Pikkal and Dayal are going to be part of first Test at Perth? With no Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma re for first Test, Pikkal is surely in line for a spot at top of order. With Dayal, it cannot be confirmed if he will play or not but in case management is looking for variety in bowling unit, Dayal may get a go. 

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Ashwin as Sole Spinner?

As per report, this call is being taken because Australia have three left-handed batters in ir line-up. y have Travis He, Alex Carey and Usman Khawaja. Ashwin has a good record against left-handers. Also, report claims that Nitish Reddy is in line to make his Test debut for India. Indian team will alrey be without Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, which in itself is a huge setback. re is also uncertainty over Yashasvi Jaiswal's participation after he picked up a niggle during India's net session on Tuesday at Optus stium. 

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India's predicted playing XI against Australia in 1st Test

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul , Abhimanyu Easwaran/Devdutt Pikkal, Virat Kohli , Rishabh Pant , Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jeja, Harshit Rana/ Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah , Mohammed Siraj

first Test will be played at Optus stium in Perth starting November 22.