MUMBAI (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has returned to India’s squad for the second and closing test against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru after recovering from an damage and COVID-19, the nation’s cricket board (BCCI) stated on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old performed the final of his 5 test matches against New Zealand in December in Mumbai earlier than a shin damage put him out of rivalry for the next sequence.
Patel, who has taken 36 wickets and can be a batter down the order, was named in India’s three-match Twenty20 squad final month against West Indies, however was dominated out after contracting COVID-19.
The BCCI stated Patel has accomplished his rehabilitation.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who didn’t discover a place within the group that gained the opening test at Mohali inside three days, has been launched from the squad for the ultimate test, which will likely be performed underneath lights.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; enhancing by Barbara Lewis)
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