India, Oct. 31 -- Dinesh Karthik believes India might once again leave out Arshdeep Singh for the second T20I, favouring Harshit Rana at No. 8 to bolster their batting depth, especially with Nitish Kumar Reddy sidelined for the first three games due to injury. The decision to bench Arshdeep in the series opener put skipper Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir under the scanner as they faced heat for not playing India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is. However, Rana, who was picked over him, didn't get tested as the match was washed out due to persistent rain.

Even though Arshdeep Singh remains India's only bowler to claim more than 100 wickets in T20Is, he has found it difficult to hold a regular place in the playing XI. During t...