India vs England | Fit-again Axar Patel out there for second Test

Image Source : BCCI Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah
India all-rounder Axar Patel has recovered fully and is now out there for choice for the second Test in opposition to England, slated to start out from Saturday on the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Axar had complained of ache in his left knee and was dominated out of the primary Test.

The BCCI had included Shahbaz Nadeem and Rahul Chahar within the squad throughout Axar’s truancy however the All-India Senior Selection Committee has now added the duo again to the checklist of standby gamers.

The Indian board on Thursday additionally shared a clip of Axar bowling within the nets, growing his probabilities to function within the Playing XI of the second Test.

Axar is prone to change Nadeem, who had a mediocre outing within the sequence opener the place India have been outplayed in their very own yard. Nadeem had 4 wickets in all however gave away 233 runs in 59 overs throughout two innings with an financial system price of near 4 runs per over. 

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice-Captain), KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur

Standby gamers: KS Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar, Priyank Panchal

Net Bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar