Meet the five new faces in India's Border-Gavaskar Trophy touring party

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In India’s 18-man squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the end of the year in Australia is a fairly inexperienced bowling attack. There is no Mohammed Shami or Kuldeep Yadav, and an uncapped opener is likely to make his Test debut early in the series. Here’s a look at five players in the squad – three of them yet to make their Test debuts – who were picked ahead of more established names.Abhimanyu EaswaranThe 29-year-old opening bat from Bengal has been part of India’s Test squads in the recent past after grinding it out in domestic cricket for over a decade. Abhimanyu Easwaran has the body of work to instil confidence in the team management – and himself – if he needs to open in the absence of Rohit Sharma in Perth or Adelaide early on in the five-match series. An old-school batter, Abhimanyu is already in Australia for two India A games and would have played 100 first-class games by the time the Test series starts.Abhimanyu Easwaran has scored a century in each of his last…

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