India, June 5 -- After a long white-ball season that culminated in Team India's successfully retaining the T20 World Cup earlier this year, Shubman Gill and co. will resume their quest to resurrect their fortunes in the longest format. While the one-off Test against Afghanistan on Mullanpur isn't part of the current World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, the sub-continent giants will do themselves a world of good should they beat Afghanistan comfortably and they start as favourites too. A lot of focus will be on how the selection decisions pan out, with a debut looming either for Manav Suthar or Harsh Dubey.

B Sai Sudharsan penned to bat at No.3, debut for Harsh Dubey or Manav Suthar?

Head coach Gautam Gambhir has already declared that B ...