Kuldeep to replace Mishra for Bangladesh Test

Sport360 staff 15:20 07/02/2017
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  • Kuldeep Yadav.

    India leg-spinner Amit Mishra has been ruled out of the one-off Test against Bangladesh due to a knee injury.

    Mishra will be replaced in the squad by left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav. The 22-year-old’s call-up is on the back of a successful Ranji Trophy season during which he picked up 35 wickets in eight matches at an average of 27.42.

    Kuldeep not only impressed with the ball over the past season, but also had a strong outing as a batsman, scoring his maiden first-class century against Baroda in December.

    The Uttar Pradesh cricketer starred during the U-19 World Cup in 2014 when he picked up a hat-trick against Scotland. He has been selected in India’s ODI squad in the past, but is yet to play an international game.

    The solidarity Test gets underway in Hyderabad on Thursday.

    SQUAD

    Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Abhinav Mukund, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav.

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