Virat Kohli
Replacement for Virat Kohli in Indian Test team: The Indian team has to play a five-Test series against England. The command of Team India lies in the hands of Rohit Sharma. The captain of the England team is Ben Stokes. But before the Test series, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli withdrew his name and decided not to take part in the first two Test matches due to personal reasons. Now a young batsman has been named in his place in the Indian squad. This player has a chance in the Test team for the first time.
This player has been given a chance
According to Cricbuzz's report, Rajat Patidar has a chance in place of Virat Kohli for the first two Test matches against England. Patidar, 30, a batsman from Madhya Pradesh, has been in excellent form for some time and has performed well. Last week, he scored 151 runs against England Lions in Ahmedabad. He also scored 111 runs in the practice match against the Lions and was with the senior team on their tour of South Africa late last year. Whenever Padidar got a chance. He took advantage of this opportunity.
Made his ODI debut for Africa
Rajat Patidar can play in the middle in the Test series against England. He made his debut in the ODI match against South Africa in Paarl in December. Where he started the innings. Patidar's selection means India are not focusing on Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane at the moment and the wait for Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan has become a little longer. Earlier, Rinku Singh was included in the Indian senior squad for the second multi-day match against England Lions.
Scored so many runs in first grade
Rajat Patidar has played 1 ODI match for the Indian team and scored 22 runs. Furthermore, he has scored 4000 runs in 55 first-class matches. He scored 1985 runs in 58 List One games. He has 12 centuries of experience in first-class cricket.
Indian team for the first two test matches against England:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar . , Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar.
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