Rajat Patidar will make his Test debut against England in Visakhapatnam, replacing injured KL Rahul in the XI, while Mukesh Kumar has also been selected in place of Mohammed Siraj.
Patidar, who was selected in the India squad after Virat Kohli missed the first two Tests due to personal reasons, will make his Test debut in the second Test starting today (February 2). fulfill. The right-hander, who represents Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket, has played 55 first-class matches and has scored 4,000 runs at an average of 45.97. He also scored 12 hundred and 22 fifties.
Since Ravindra Jadeja was also injured, Sarfaraz Khan was included in the team along with Patidar. Local star players also tried to make the team, but were unsuccessful.
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India won the toss and chose to bat first in Vizag, changing ends three times. Kuldeep Yadav will replace Jadeja and Mukesh will be given priority over Siraj, who has been ‘rested’.
England announced their squad the day before the match, confirming that James Anderson was the only player to replace Mark Wood. Jack Leach is missing due to an injury sustained in the first Test, but Shoaib Bashir, who came under attack last week due to visa delays, has been invited to make his debut.
England 11: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson.
Indian XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat (w), Ravichandran A Schwinn, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav
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