ENG vs IND | Mayank Agarwal should replace Gill given his impressive career, opines Deep Dasgupta 

After Shubman Gill made a remarkable start to his Test career against Australia, he was expected to play a key role in the England series as well. Though he lost his form, and then further misery confronted him when an injury ruled him out of the series against the Three Lions. That has left India with an opening choice to make, and it's likely to be a shoot-out between the Karnataka duo of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, both of whom have had their fair share of struggles away from home. 

Reflecting on Rahul as an opener, the cricket expert believes that the dashing batter has improved his attacking game but hasn't worked much on his defence. So, he's better off in the middle-order in the longer format of the game. 

"But the way he has been playing white-ball cricket, his technique has changed a bit, he's become more attacking. His attacking technique has improved but his defensive technique... he hasn't paid that much attention to it. That's why I feel that KL Rahul, as far as red-ball cricket is concerned, is a very good middle-order option."