Pune Test is to start from October 24 and the biggest debate before this match is that if Shubman Gill returns to the team, then which batsman will be out? Assistant coach Ten Descatee has also answered this. Descate said that KL Rahul will get more opportunities because head coach Gautam Gambhir has faith in this player. He will give KL Rahul the same opportunities as Sanju Samson. Meaning, if KL Rahul plays, it will be difficult for Sarfaraz Khan, who had scored a century in the last match, to play. The interesting thing here is that there was a time when head coach Gautam Gambhir used to talk about keeping this same KL Rahul out because there was another player in better form than him, but after becoming the head coach of Team India, his tone has changed.

This statement of Gautam Gambhir is proof

Gautam Gambhir had said during the 2023 World Cup that if Ishan Kishan is performing well and is in good form then he should keep getting opportunities. KL Rahul's name is big but if you want to become a world champion then we should choose players who are in form. Because form is bigger than name. This statement of Gautam Gambhir was true for sixteen years last year but now after becoming the head coach, he seems to be doing things different from his words.

Why is KL Rahul getting preference over Sarfaraz?

KL Rahul is a good player but his record in Test cricket is very bad. In the last 6 years, this player has been able to score only 1553 runs in 58 Test innings at an average of 27.73. Talking about Sarfaraz, this player has been scoring runs in domestic cricket for the last 3 years and as soon as he got a chance in the Test team, he has proved himself on this platform also. Sarfaraz has scored 350 runs in 4 test matches at an average of more than 58. The big thing is that he also scored a century in the Bengaluru Test. It is clear that Sarfaraz's form is amazing, in such a situation how can KL Rahul get preference over him. Now it remains to be seen whether Gautam Gambhir can do justice to this batsman or not.