Ravindra Jadeja is seen throughout a apply session in Centurion. Jadeja is likely to be available for the second Test towards South Africa in Cape Town.
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Ravindra Jadeja may nicely be available for India’s second Test towards South Africa, beginning on January 3. The left-arm spinning all-rounder had been dominated out of the opening Test in Centurion after complaining of higher again spasm on the morning of the primary day.
Jadeja appears to be getting higher. He bowled a couple of balls on the SuperSport Park in the course of the break on Thursday, the third – and what proved to be the ultimate – day of the primary Test, through which India crashed to a defeat by an innings and 32 runs.
Given that he was in no apparent discomfort whereas he skilled and bowled, he ought to be available for choice for the Cape Town Test, which India wants to win if it needs to sq. the two-match collection.
Meanwhile, Avesh Khan has been added to the Test squad, as a alternative for Mohammed Shami, who had to pull out of the group on the final time, having failed to get better from an ankle harm.
India’s squad for the Cape Town Test
Rohit Sharma (Capt.), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ok.L. Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Ok.S. Bharat, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Avesh Khan.
