India have handed the Test debut cap to Devdutt Padikkal for the fifth and last Test of the continued five-match series towards England. Padikkal obtained his Test cap from veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin forward of the toss on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday (March 7).
Interstingly, Padikkal has been included in the enjoying XI due to an damage to Rajat Patidar. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to ‘X’ to inform that Patidar took a blow on his left ankle throughout a observe session on March 6 (Wednesday) and pulled up sore on Thursday morning.
Padikkal has proven a number of promise in his younger first-class profession. The southpaw has performed 31 first-class video games in his profession and aggregated 2227 runs to date. He averages 44.54 with the willow in hand and has already scored six tons and 12 half-centuries.
Notably, Padikkal’s inclusion in the XI is without doubt one of the two vital adjustments that India have made for the ultimate Test match of the series. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has additionally come again into the enjoying XI on the expense of Akash Deep.
Bumrah was rested for the fourth Test of the series in Ranchi as part of his workload administration and it paved the way in which for Akash to make his Test debut for India. Akash was spectacular on his debut as he picked up the large scalps of Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope in the first innings.
India’s enjoying XI:Â
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah
England’s enjoying XI:
 Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, Mark Wood, James Anderson
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