Wicketkeepers

Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Singh Rathore.

Allrounders

Riyan Parag (spin), Nitish Rana (spin), Wanindu Hasaranga (spin), Yudhvir Singh (pace).

Spinners

Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya.

Fast bowlers

Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma.

Early impressions

In the last few seasons, they have gone about spending big on their first XI and it continued here at Jeddah as well. With Jaiswal, Samson, Jurel, Hetmyer and Parag already in the mix, they added the 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana and Yudhvir Singh as other batting option. How much they can depend on them is the question. In the spin department, they tried to get back both R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal before eventually settling for Sri Lanka’s Hasaranga and Theekshana. The two are contrasting to the ones they had, but are T20 globetrotters and could benefit the conditions at the SMS stadium in Jaipur. The pace battery is largely dependent on Archer, Sandeep and Tushar. While they do have a strong XI in hand that can adjust to different questions, there are still concerns about the lack of options.

Area of concern

An injury to one of their key fast bowlers could end up costing them a lot as it is thin on inexperience. Even back-up batting options are work in progress.

Possible XII

1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Riyan Parag, 5 Dhruv Jurel, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Shubham Dubey/Akash Madhwal, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Sandeep Sharma, 12 Tushar Deshpande.