Avesh Khan, Washington Sundar play for County Select XI in opposition to India in warm-up recreation

Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar had been taking part in in opposition to their very own teammates within the warm-up recreation between County Select XI and Indians. The commentators revealed that Khan and Sundar needed to characteristic within the County Select XI as one of many gamers from the 14-men County squad bought injured whereas the opposite got here in shut contact with a Covid-19 affected individual.
Khan opened the bowling alongside Craig Miles, as seen on Durham Cricket’s YouTube channel on the reside stream. The Indian pacer struggled to get his line and size proper bowling with the brand new ball as he was hit for boundaries by Indian opener Mayank Agarwal.

Avesh khan is bowling john pic.twitter.com/w68aMvFa5y
— Er Rohit panwar (@the_great_rohit) July 20, 2021
Before the lunch break, Khan bowled seven overs and gave 28 runs. His spell additionally included two maiden overs. On the opposite hand, off-spinner Sundar didn’t bowl within the first session. Both wore the Indian Test jersey within the ongoing recreation.

Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar taking part in for County (CSXI) in opposition to Indian Team in heat up match at Chester – le – Street
This can be nice to observe!#Indian#Durham#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/2YPsIboroN
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) July 20, 2021
Playing with out the companies of rested Indian captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, opener Rohit Sharma is main the crew within the three-day warm-up recreation at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street. They are more likely to characteristic within the intra-squad recreation later this month.

In the primary session, India misplaced three wickets for the rating of 80. Sharma departed after scoring 9 runs whereas Agarwal (28) and Cheteshwar Pujara (21) misplaced their wickets after getting good begins. Lyndon James bought the wicket of each openers whereas Pujara fell to Jack Carson.

This recreation might be an opportunity for Hanuma Vihari and KL Rahul to showcase their expertise earlier than the five-Test sequence in opposition to England beginning August 8.