KL Rahul opened the innings in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth in Rohit Sharma's absence. He fared well facing a total of 250 deliveries across two innings and scored 103 runs. But with India's skipper returning,

Despite captain Rohit Sharma’s availability, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul opened the innings for India during its day-night practice match against Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra on Sunday.

According to the team list for the pink-ball warm-up game against Prime Minister's XI, Rohit Sharma is set to bat

Rohit Sharma's batting position has been a topic of debate ever since KL Rahul batted as well as he did in the first Test. Perhaps, it would have been different had Rohit been in a richer vein of form.

Captain Rohit Sharma dropped a major hint on what India's batting line-up would look like as he batted out of the top two for the first time since 2015. Playing his first game in Australia this year,

The Indian team management is considering having Rohit Sharma bat in the middle-order for the upcoming pink-ball Test in Adelaide. Despite being an opener, he did not start at the top in the warm-up match.

Rohit Sharma lists himself down the order in the team sheet, could possibly be eyeing a new role for the team.

Rohit Sharna hinted at sacrificing his opening position for KL Rahul for the pink-ball Test match against Australia. Rahul opened the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the series opener in Perth. Rohit missed the game due to the birth of his second child.

India captain Rohit Sharma listed himself at No.5 in line-up of the pink ball warm-up game vs Prime Minister's XI. Could that be an indication of the captain sacrificing his position in the Adelaide Test?