Jaiswal and Rahul fail on Ranji return
Both India openers posted low scores in their first Ranji matches of the season.
Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul suffered disappointing starts to their Ranji Trophy campaigns on Sunday. Jaiswal was dismissed for a duck off 13 balls while opening for Mumbai against Chandigarh at the Wankhede Stadium.
Rahul managed only four runs for Karnataka against Andhra in Vijayawada. Both openers return to the domestic circuit ahead of India's two-Test series against New Zealand starting November 19.
Jaiswal has one fifty-plus score in his last nine Test innings. Rahul arrived in the Ranji Trophy after scoring an unbeaten century in India's recent ODI series against the West Indies.
CricHubb Take
Low scores by both openers in the same round will intensify scrutiny of India's top-order options before the New Zealand Test series.