Sarfaraz Khan got a place in the playing 11 of the Indian team in the Bengaluru Test match against New Zealand.
In the first match of the three-match Test series being played between India and New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, while Team India captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first after winning the toss, he included 2 big batsmen in the playing 11. Also informed about the change. The play on the first day of this match was canceled due to continuous rain. When the toss took place on the second day, two changes were seen in Team India. While Shubhman Gill and Akash Deep did not get a place in this, Sarfaraz Khan and Kuldeep Yadav have returned in their place.
Shubman Gill is suffering from neck strain problem.
Shubman Gill, who was in great form in the earlier Test series against Bangladesh, suffered a neck strain just before the Bengaluru Test match against New Zealand, due to which he was not available for selection in this match. Considering the situation, Akash Deep was dropped by captain Rohit Sharma in which it has been decided to play with three main spinners. Captain Rohit Sharma said at the time of the toss that we as a team have performed very well in the last few Test matches. This is a new series and we want to start well.
Sarfaraz and Kuldeep returned after 7 months
If we talk about Sarfaraz Khan and Kuldeep Yadav, both these players played their last Test match 7 months ago in the Test series against England in March. In which this match was played on the grounds of Dharamshala. Sarfaraz has so far scored 200 runs in 3 test matches at an average of 50. If we talk about Kuldeep Yadav, he has played in 13 test matches and has managed to take 53 wickets.
See here the playing 11 of the Indian team for the Bengaluru test match.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.
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