Left-arm quick bowler Jaydev Unadkat has been added to the Indian Test squad for the two-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh. Unadkat, who powered Saurashtra to the Vijay Hazare Trophy triumph not too long ago, has been referred to as up as a alternative for Mohammed Shami – dominated out of the collection as a consequence of a bowling arm stress.
Unadkat’s solely look to this point in the longest format was virtually precisely 12 years in the past, as a youngster straight out of India Under 19 aspect, in the primary Test of the 2010-11 tour of South Africa. In that Test, in Centurion, he completed with figures of none for 101 as India misplaced by an innings and 25 runs.
Meanwhile, there are possibilities of common skipper Rohit Sharma becoming a member of the squad forward of second Test (December 22-26). He suffered a ‘blow on his left thumb’ throughout the second ODI in Dhaka on December 7. In the primary Test (December 14-18), KL Rahul might be main the aspect.
Abhimanyu Easwaran, who led India A in the two-match collection in opposition to Bangladesh, has been named as a canopy for Rohit in the primary Test.
India’s possible squad for the primary Test:
KL Rahul (c), Shubman Gill, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk, vc), KS Bharat (wk), Saurabh Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav.