Sarfaraz Khan and Navdeep Saini
The Indian cricket team managed to win the ODI series 2-1 after ending the T20 series in a draw on the South Africa tour. Now Team India has to play a 2-match Test series against the host team, the first match of which will be played at Centurion ground from 26th December. Before the start of this series, the Indian team has suffered two big shocks in the form of Mohammed Shami and Ruturaj Gaikwad, in which both the players will not be able to play due to being unfit, while BCCI has not yet named the replacement players in place of both of them. Has not announced.
This player may get a chance in place of Ruturaj
When Team India was announced for this tour, Ruturaj Gaikwad got a place in the team for the series of all three formats. However, Gaikwad could not play in the third ODI due to injury due to injury. Now according to the report of Cricbuzz, Gaikwad is almost out of the Test series also. In such a situation, all the fans are eagerly announcing the name of the replacement player in his place. In place of Gaikwad, Sarfaraz Khan, who is on tour with the India A team, may get a chance, who also played a brilliant half-century in that practice match. Sarfaraz has also seen excellent performance in domestic cricket in the last few years. Sarfaraz’s batting average after 41 matches in first-class cricket is 71.70, so it is not going to be an easy task at all for the selectors to ignore him.
War between these 2 players to replace Shami
Mohammed Shami, who has been away from international cricket after his excellent performance in the ODI World Cup 2023, will also not be seen playing in the Test series against South Africa due to a knee injury. In such a situation, two players are leading the race to take his place in the Test series. Navdeep Saini, who has returned fully fit after a long time, is with the India A team on this tour. The second bowler is Arshdeep Singh, who has impressed everyone with his swing and speed by taking a total of 10 wickets in three matches during the ODI series.
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