Dinesh Karthik shockingly leaves out star batsman in his playing 11 against Australia ahead of 1st Test
India TV NewsIndia and Australia are just a day away from taking the field in Nagpur for the 1st of the 4-match Test series. Heading towards the mega-encounter, many experts and pundits have put out their version of India's playing 11, and now Dinesh Karthik too has joined the list. Karthik left out Shubman Gill, opened with KL & Rohit, played Jadeja at 6, chose KS Bharat as a wicketkeeper, and also included Axar Patel at the expense of Kuldeep Yadav. Here's what Dinesh Karthik wrote: My 11 for the first Test Kl Rohit Pujara Virat SKY Jadeja KS Bharat Ashwin Axar Shami Siraj Earlier, Wasim Jaffer also put out his playing 11 and left out Axar Patel. Jaffer's playing 11 also sense as it would be difficult and redundant to play both Axar and Jadeja and the same 11.