Mayank Agarwal, who was the third opener for the West Indies series, is a contender for the yet-to-be-decided squad of 17 that will travel Down Under.
Virat the batsman wins, Virat the captain loses
In the other match of the day, Dan Lawrence and Jack Burnham hit centuries as title contender England crushed Fiji by a massive margin of 299 runs.
Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke both have particular reasons for wanting to win the upcoming Ashes series that begins with the first cricket Test in Cardiff starting on Wednesday.
It was the greatest series in the history of the game but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on?
What makes Ravichandran Ashwin the world's premier Test spinner?
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