Injuries, bad form and unavailability of several players has led to India making a lot of changes to their Test team over the course of three Tests so far in the ongoing series against England. After handing a debut to Rajat Patidar in the last Test, India fielded two more debutants in Rajkot.
The five-match test series is hanging in balance 1-1. Notably, England were the last to beat India in a Test series in India. Alastair Cook led England to history in 2012.
India are likely to make four changes to their playing XI for the third Test against England even as the visitors have already announced their XI for the game. There are a few changes in the squad and that will lead to two players making their Test debut as well.
Team India had to make a last-minute change in the Test squad for the England series with Virat Kohli having to attend to family matter a few days before the opening game in Hyderabad starting on January 25. Apart from him, there are a few more changes from the last Test tour, take a look-
Chasing a 490-run target, KS Bharat scored 116 off 165 and Sai Dusharsan added 97 runs to help India A post a total of 426/5 and to draw a first multi-day match against England Lions. Bharat continues to justify his selection for England series with one hundred and two fifties in his last 5 innings.
"Thank you will be an understatement. For all the sacrifices my mother and father have made so that their boy could hold a bat and just play cricket," rising star Dhruv Jurel wrote in his Twitter post for the parents on Saturday.
Rajasthan Royals Director of Cricket and coach Kumar Sangakkara was all praise for his player Dhruv Jurel, who became the latest Indian player to get a Test call-up. Jurel, who has done well for India A and in Ranji Trophy for UP, is the third wicketkeeping option apart from KL Rahul and KS Bharat.
The 22-year-old wicketkeeper batter received a maiden national team call-up for the upcoming Test series against England on Friday and he scored a quick fifty for India A in their first tour match against England Lions on Saturday.
The 22-year-old wicketkeeper batter from Uttar Pradesh was a surprise name on the list when the BCCI announced a squad for the first two Test matches against England on Friday. But Jurel boasts impressive numbers in domestic cricket and IPL to justify his selection.
Indian cricket team host England in the five-match Test series starting on January 25 and have named a strong squad for the first two matches. Wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan misses out again due to personal reasons.
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