India vs England: Selectors have declined the request made my Indian group administration to ship openers Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal to England to hitch the Test squad following the damage of Shubman Gill. Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal are at present in Sri Lanka and gearing up for the limited-overs sequence (AP Image)HIGHLIGHTSSelectors have declined Indian group administration’s request to ship Shaw and Padikkal to EnglandThe Indian group administration had made the request following the damage of opener Shubman GillAbhimanyu Easwaran is already with the Indian Test group as a backup openerIndian group administration’s request to selectors for sending openers Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal to hitch the Test squad in England has been declined, India Today learnt on Tuesday.
The request was made after Shubman Gill’s damage surfaced following the completion of World Test Championship (WTC) versus New Zealand in Southampton.Selectors have prompt the administration to draft Abhimanyu Easwaran, who’s already with the group as a reserve opener, within the squad.The Indian group administration in England has written an e-mail asking for a alternative for Shubman Gill. India is about to play a five-match Test sequence in opposition to England, beginning August 4.As per the e-mail written on June 28, the Indian group administration has requested for openers Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal to hitch the facet, however questions had been being raised about whether or not the chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma is on the identical web page because the think-tank.The request had hinted that Abhimanyu Easwaran, who’s within the reserves, just isn’t believed to be technically prepared for high-quality Test cricket. His choice over Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal can be debatable underneath these circumstances.This additionally implies that KL Rahul, who has opened in England earlier than, is just thought-about for the center order and never as an opener.”Shubman Gill has been ruled out of the entire Test series in the UK with shin splints that will take minimum of three months to heal. The team’s administrative manager, at the end of last month, had sent an emailed requisition to former pacer Sharma asking for two more openers to be sent to the UK,” PTI had quoted a senior BCCI supply aware of developments.Both Shaw and Padikkal are a part of India’s limited-overs squad which is at present in Sri Lanka for the six white-ball matches.While, Prithvi Shaw was dropped from the taking part in XI and later from the England sequence after his failure within the pink-ball Test versus Australia in Adelaide, Devdutt Padikkal simply obtained his maiden India call-up for the Sri Lanka sequence beginning July 13 with the primary ODI in Colombo.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.