India has picked three standby gamers for the ICC World Test Championship closing in opposition to Australia at The Oval, one in every of whom is rising quick bowler Mukesh Kumar. Mukesh Kumar, who represents Bengal in home cricket, had beforehand been a member of India’s squads however has but to make his nationwide workforce debut. The pacer, who obtained his first nationwide call-up in October final yr for the house ODIs in opposition to South Africa, has lengthy been Bengal’s assault chief in bowling, as per ICC.
Mukesh, who made his first-class debut in 2015, has 149 red-ball wickets at a median of 21.55, together with six five-wicket hauls. On his first-class debut, Mukesh eliminated Virender Sehwag and grabbed 4 wickets.
He rose to prominence throughout the 2019/20 Ranji Trophy season, taking 32 wickets in 10 matches, notably a six-wicket haul in opposition to Karnataka within the semi-finals, which helped Bengal attain the ultimate. (WTC Finals: Ishan Kishan Named As KL Rahul’s Replacement, Check Full Squad Here)
Mukesh dismissed KL Rahul within the first innings, in addition to Manish Pandey (each innings) and Devdutt Padikkal, concluding the match with eight wickets. He was referred to as as much as the India A workforce in September 2022 for the unofficial Tests in opposition to New Zealand A and concluded the collection because the joint-highest wicket-taker with 9 scalps, together with a five-wicket haul within the first bogus Test.
In December of the identical yr, he bowled six wickets for India A in opposition to Bangladesh in Sylhet. Later that month, the pacer got here away from the IPL 2023 auctions with a giant INR 5.5 crore deal, with Delhi Capitals gaining his companies. In the present IPL season, the speedster has performed eight video games taking six wickets.
Along with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Suryakumar Yadav, he’s on the standby listing for the World Test Championship closing workforce. However, with rising considerations in regards to the accidents to quicks Jaydev Unadkat and Umesh Yadav, who’re being adopted by the BCCI medical workforce, Mukesh would possibly but be included to the primary squad for the massive recreation subsequent month.
