KEY MAN

Although he smashed 52 and shared a match-winning stand of 118 with Cheteshwar Pujara in Bangalore, Ajinkya Rahane is yet to show the consistency he achieved in 2014 and 2015. In his last six Tests, he has scored just two fifties. In Ranchi, he played a poor shot and fell for 18. If Kohli misses out, Rahane will need to be in top form.