Three big questions in front of Team India: will Gill or Surya play in place of Iyer, third spinner Akshar or Kuldeep; who will do the keeping

After playing white ball series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand at home, Team India is now going to play Test match. The four-Test series against Australia is starting in India from February 9 itself. This series is very important for India to reach the final of the World Test Championship. India must win at least 2 test matches.

Only seven days are left for the first Test match to start and Team India's playing-11 is also almost final. There are 8 players who will definitely play in this test if they are fit. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are sure to open. Pujara at number three and Virat Kohli at number four. There is a competition between two pairs of players for the fifth and sixth numbers. We will discuss-this later. It is decided to play Ravindra Jadeja at number 7 and Ravichandran Ashwin at number 8. These two are the two main spinners of the team. There are two options for number 9. The playing of Mohammad Shami at number-10 and Mohammad Siraj at number-11 is believed to be fixed.

There are three positions where the names are not finalized yet. Suryakumar Yadav or Shubman Gill will play at number 5 in place of injured Shreyas Iyer. Ishaan Kishan or KS Bharat will play as wicketkeeper at number-6. Apart from these, there will be Akshar Patel or Kuldeep Yadav at number-9. As a third spinner, the place of either of these two is made.

Regarding these 3 questions related to Team India, Bhaskar talked to Chandrakant Pandit, the coach of the current Ranji champion team Madhya Pradesh. Pandit has also been made the coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. He has also been a former wicket-keeper batsman of the Indian team and has also played in the 1987 World Cup.

First of all, see in the graphic on which day the results of the last 10 Tests played in India were declared.

Will Kuldeep play or Akshar?

Chandrakant Pandit said, 'I will go with Kuldeep as his chinaman bowling gives a variety to the team. Akshar Patel also does batting, but Akshar's bowling and playing style is similar to Ravindra Jadeja. In such a situation, I think it would be better to give a chance to Kuldeep. Yes, if the spinners have a lot of help in the pitch, then both Akshar-Kuldeep can be given a chance.