Madhya Pradesh’s prolific batter Rajat Patidar was on Thursday named as a alternative for India’s batting mainstay Virat Kohli for the primary two Checks towards England. “Rajat Patidar has joined the workforce as Virat Kohli’s alternative for the primary two Checks towards England,” the BCCI mentioned within the announcement. Kohli had determined to make himself unavailable for the primary two Checks of the five-match collection as a consequence of “private causes”.

The 30-year-old, who’s contemporary from scoring 111 and 151 in India A’s fixture towards England Lions, nonetheless, should look forward to his Take a look at debut.

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Quick bowler Avesh Khan has been launched to play for his Ranji trophy workforce, Madhya Pradesh for his or her subsequent Ranji Trophy fixture.

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The Rohit Sharma-led facet opted for a three-pronged spin assault, together with left-arm spinner Axar Patel within the opening Take a look at in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Patidar lately made his worldwide debut in an ODI towards South Africa in Paarl, the place he scored 22 opening the innings, The BCCI announcement additionally talked about that quick bowler Avesh Khan has been launched to symbolize his Ranji trophy workforce, Madhya Pradesh, of their subsequent Ranji Trophy fixture. 

India’s squad for first two Checks towards England: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Rajat Patidar