India has added left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem to their squad ܫfor the third and final Test against South Africa, which begins in Ranchi on Saturday (Octobe🐻r 19).
The decision to add Nadeem was made after Kuldeep Yadav complained of pain in his left s🐻houlder on Friday, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Friday.
Adding him the night before the Test൩ suggꦚests a debut.
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Nadeem, who has also been part of India ‘A’ squad in recent times, picked up eight wickets in the two four-day games against South Africa ‘A’ before the Test series.
The 30-year-old Jharkhand lad has claimed 424 wickets in 110 first-class matches, with 19 five-wi𒁏cket and five 10-wicket hauls.
“The decision to add Nadeem was made after Kuldeep Yadav complained of left shoulder pain on Friday,” chairman of selectors MSK Prasad was quoted as saying in a BCCI press release.
India leads the three-match series 2-0 after convin🅷cing wins in Visakhapa𒊎tnam and Pune.
India squad:
Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal꧃, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shahbaz Nadeem.
