Dinesh Karthik replaces injured Wriddhiman Saha for Afghanistan Test
Cricket | June 02, 2018 14:49 ISTThe BCCI named Karthik as Saha's replacement for Afghanistan's debut Test match to be held in Bengaluru starting June 14.
The BCCI named Karthik as Saha's replacement for Afghanistan's debut Test match to be held in Bengaluru starting June 14.
The scheduling has left Afghanistan with no choice other than to have joint preparations for the Test and T20s.
Karthik had last played a Test match way back in 2010 against Bangladesh but has had a prolific first-class record with 27 hundreds and over 9000 runs.
Talking about Rashid, the Afghanistan national team coach spoke about the leg-break bowler's maturity beyond years.
Saha's batting form in the IPL was woeful with 122 runs in 10 innings at an average of 15.25 but he admitted it was way below his expectation.
If the Bengal keeper fails to recover in time for the one-off historic Test, Dinesh Karthik or Parthiv Patel might get a look in.
Despite possessing an impressive record in limited overs cricket, Rohit has failed to justify his talent in the longer format of the game, scoring 1479 runs in the 25 Tests he has played.
Rahane believes that being overlooked for the limited-overs leg of the upcoming UK tour will give him more time to prepare for the big-ticket five-match Test series against England.
Zadran was also ruled out of his side's three Twenty20 Internationals against Bangladesh, starting June 3 in Dehradun.
Afghanistan will make their much-awaited Test debut on June 14 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and Stankizai said the aim is to give a good fight to India, who will be without their regular skipper Virat Kohli.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar on Friday supported Virat Kohli's decision to prefer County stint over next month's one-off Test against Afghanistan to prepare for the challenging England tour.
Former India coach Gary Kirsten said Virat Kohli's insatiable hunger for improvement makes him a great player.
Kohli will be playing for Surrey during the month of June and will miss the historic occasion as India plays host to the war-ravaged nation.
With Virat Kohli on his way to play County, Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Test side in a one-off historic Test match against Afghanistan.
Kohli, who will be playing for Surrey for the entire month of June, will also miss the two T20 Internationals against Ireland in Dublin at the end of that month.
India-Afghanistan Test match will be played in Bengaluru starting from June 16 in the middle of Kohli's county commitments with Surrey.
Earlier, the Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Shafiq Stanikzai had expressed his desire for Kohli to play the historical Test match against Afghanistan.
The trouble-torn Afghanistan currently play their home matches at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and also have two 'home' bases in India -- Greater Noida and Dehradun.
The India-Afghanistan Test will be a historic first for the war-ravaged nation where cricket has become the most popular sport.
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