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Xtra Times Web Desk: KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel are set to join the India A squad to get used to with the conditions ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy hence they will fly early to Australia.

Rahul seemed to be out of touch against New Zealand and Jurel played as a substitute keeper for a while in Rishabh Pant's absence. Jurel didn't get enough time to showcase his skills recently whereas Rahul couldn't make his presence felt. The BCCI senior selection committee has decided to send the two by Tuesday morning, ahead of the second four-day game against Australia A starting on November 22The Indian team is scheduled to fly to Australia in two batches.

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Captain Rohit Sharma believes it may help players to have a better preparation. After the 0-3 home whitewash against New Zealand he stated,"We are travelling with a squad of 19 players and only three days were allotted to us. I don’t know how much workload we can get in those three days in terms of getting everyone prepared. The management feels that we’d rather have a match simulation where batters can spend more time in the middle and the bowlers can bowl a lot of balls. That is something that we as a team feel more comfortable doing rather than playing a practice game because game time is not a problem."

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He further added, “If a batter gets out, he has to sit in the dugout for the whole day, and doesn’t get too much batting done. However, in a match simulation, the batters can go out and play 50-70 balls and then if we feel he’s had enough, we can retire him out and get someone else in. That is the plan." 

Will Rahul and Jurel be able to showcase their skills here? Time will answer but till then fans have to hold their nerve for an exciting faceoff between Australia and India.