Cheteshwar Pujara wants KL Rahul to open the batting alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal in the second Test against Australia despite the arrival of skipper Rohit Sharma.

KL Rahul opened the innings in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth in Rohit Sharma's absence. He fared well facing a total of 250 deliveries across two innings and scored 103 runs. But with India's skipper returning,

Team India, led by Rohit Sharma, departed Canberra for the Adelaide Test after winning a two-day warm-up match against the Prime Minister's XI by five wickets. Harshit Rana's four-wicket haul and crucial performances from Shubman Gill,

Skipper Rohit Sharma said that he was happy with India's preparations in the warm-up match against the Prime Minister's XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill will return to the India playing XI for the second Test. KL Rahul opened the innings for India in the first Test but with Rohit back, will India drop KL Rahul in the batting order?

Captain Rohit Sharma dropped a major hint on what India's batting line-up would look like as he batted out of the top two for the first time since 2015. Playing his first game in Australia this year,

The Indian team management is considering having Rohit Sharma bat in the middle-order for the upcoming pink-ball Test in Adelaide. Despite being an opener, he did not start at the top in the warm-up match.