It will be a three-way battle between Irfan Pathan, Abhimanyu Mithun and Ashok Dinda when the national selectors decide on Praveen Kumar's replacement for the four Test series against Australia starting from December 26.

According to BCCI sources, the selectors will also be looking at Umesh Yadav's replacement for the last two ODIs against West Indies as the Vidarbha speedster is all set to leave on December 8 with the first batch of players.