Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023: Dinesh Karthik includes Suryakumar Yadav in his starting eleven for the 1st Test

The much-awaited Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023 is only a day away from getting began at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur from Thursday (February 9). Ahead of the begin of the outstanding four-match collection between India and Australia, India’s veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik has predicted the taking part in eleven of the host nation for the first match.

Shubman Gill, who scored a superb double ton towards New Zealand in the just lately concluded ODI collection and a superb century towards the similar opponents in the T20I format, was not picked by Karthik in his staff.

Karthik picked Suryakumar Yadav in his starting eleven for the fifth spot as a substitute of in-form Gill. Notably, it’s a maiden call-up for Surya in the Tests as he’s but to debut in the longest format.

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma are the openers in Karthik’s staff, whereas his different picks as batters embrace Chetashwar Pujara and Virat Kohli, with KS Bharat in the wicketkeeper-batter function.

On the different hand, Karthik included three spinners in his staff, particularly Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel however disregarded Kuldeep Yadav. However, the cause behind the 37-year-old choosing Axar over Kuldeep appears to be the Gujarat cricketer’s skill to each bat and bowl.

The tempo assault of Karthik’s eleven consists of Mohammed Shami supported by Mohammed Siraj.

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My 11 for first check ?

Kl
Rohit
Pujara
Virat
SKY
Jadeja
Ok S Bharat
Ashwin
Axar
Shami
Siraj #BGT2023 #1stTest#IndiaVsAustralia

— DK (@DineshKarthik) February 8, 2023

Earlier speaking about the spinners’ significance in the sport Karthik in a reel shared on his Instagram web page, had mentioned: “For me, this series is all about spinners with two best spinners on both sides. R Ashwin for India has a massive mental edge over Australia and Nathan Lyon for Australia, if he gets going he is definitely gonna be a thorn in India’s flesh.”

Shreyas Iyer is not going to play the first check match in Nagpur as a result of an damage, so we would anticipate Suryakumar to make his debut. But at the similar time, it will be a tricky name for the Indian aspect to drop in-form Gill. Although the world no. 1 T20I batter’s ability to play spin and rating fast runs may get him a spot in the taking part in eleven of the opening sport.