# 2 – KL Rahul to continue sitting out, unless Vijay injury proved series
Shikhar Dhawan has secured his place over KL Rahul with a commanding display on the first day, scoring a fluent 84. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara are also likely to retain their places, which means that Rahul and Rohit Sharma will continue to be on the bench despite having scored fifties on all their innings in the warm-up matches.
However, there is a slight worry about Murali Vijay’s availability, with him not having come out to field, Rahul doing substitute duty in his place. Vijay had been struck on his hand during the batting innings, and the seriousness of the injury is not known. Raul sustained the effects of a full bloodied sweep while standing at short leg as well, as play was called to a halt, but he recovered to field again, a little further away from the bat.
The bowlers put up a great effort in the 1st Test, but there remains the possibility that Ravindra Jadeja will be played as the third spinner in place of a third seamer on a drier wicket.
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