NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer and ex-chief selector of the senior men's cricket team Sunil Joshi on Tuesday picked his India Playing XI for the opening Test of the four-match series against Australia. Joshi, who has played 15 Tests and 69 ODIs for India between 1996 and 2001, preferred India's limited-overs star Suryakumar Yadav at No. 3 in his playing eleven and dropped the Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara from his predicted team for the opening Test.
"Will India line up like this in the first test? Deliberation between Pujara & Surya,a tough draw between both lefties Kuldeep & Axar. Here’s my XI: R Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Surya (should get first look in ), V Kohli, KL Rahul, KS Bharat, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Kuldeep Y, M Shami, M Siraj," Joshi wrote.
