Australia vs India Test series: 3 selection decisions made by India that could prove to be blunders

#3 Selection of two struggling openers

KL Rahul has struggled for too long in Test cricket

Murali Vijay, KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw are the three openers for the tour to Australia. Moreover, Parthiv Patel can also open in case the need arises.

Though Shaw's selection is a brave one, it has come a bit too late; he could have been introduced to Test cricket in England itself. But the way the Indian team is reluctant to give opportunities to youngsters nowadays, it was not surprising that he made his debut only against West Indies at home.

Murali Vijay and KL Rahul, meanwhile, are both struggling to get going in Tests. While Vijay was dropped midway through the English series, Rahul was persisted with. Rahul scored a hundred in the fifth and final Test of the English series, but it was too little too late for a five-match series. His struggles continued against West Indies thereafter.

Taking two out-of-form openers to the Australian shores might prove to be disastrous. Instead, India could have taken a youngster like Mayank Agarwal in place of one of these two.

Agarwal would have relished the bouncy Australian tracks which are conducive to stroke-making. By not giving opportunities to youngsters like him, the Indian team is trying to delay the inevitable and in the process, they are losing some important overseas games and eventually series.