KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel added to India A squad for second unofficial Test vs Australia A | Cricket News

KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel have been added to India A squad for the second first-class game against Australia A starting on Thursday at the MCG, Melbourne.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah made the announcement in a press release on Wednesday.
Previously, Prasidh Krishna was added to the squad as a replacement for Yash Dayal, who was named in India’s T20I squad for the tour of South Africa.
Reports in the media suggested that KL Rahul could be asked to open the innings for India A besides Abhimanyu Easwaran in Melbourne.
Since there is a possibility that India will not have captain Rohit Sharma available for the first India vs Australia Test match at Perth in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rahul and Easwaran could be auditioning for a role to start in the opening order besides Yashasvi Jaiswal.
In case, Rahul is asked to open, Ruturaj Gaikwad, who opened for India A in the first unofficial Test in Mackay, could be asked to drop down into the middle order.
The first Test in Perth will start from November 22. Skipper Rohit Sharma could miss the match due to personal reasons, as reported The Indian Express.
After India lost the home series to New Zealand 0-3, Rohit Sharma was asked about reports about him missing the first Test match in Australia because of personal reasons at the press conference. “I am not too sure about Perth. But fingers crossed,” he responded about the November 22-27 fixture.
India A squad for 2nd first-class game
Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran (VC), Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (WK), Abishek Porel (WK), Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (wk)