India vs South Africa series for 3rd Test has took another turn as Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem has been called up in the Indian Test squad after chinaman Kuldeep Yadav was ruled out due to a shoulder injury.
India vs South Africa 3rd Test Highlights
Shahbaz Nadeem has been well- known as well as rewarded for his astonishing show on the domestic circuit. He has also been a prolific performer for Jharkhand and India A over a period of time. Talking about his performance, he has had back-to-back 50-plus wicket seasons for Jharkhand.
This 30-year-old orthodox left-arm spinner has also taken total number of 424 wickets in 110 first-class matches along with 19 five-wicket as well as five 10-wicket hauls.
Chairman of selectors MSK Prasad on adding spinner Shahbaz Nadeem to the India squad as Kuldeep’s replacement, was spotted quoted as saying in a BCCI press release, “The decision to add Nadeem was made after Kuldeep Yadav complained of left shoulder pain on Friday,”
Shahbaz Nadeem replacement of Kuldeep Yadav
In the year 2018, Nadeem was also called up in the Indian ODI team for the T20 series against the West Indies at home but at the same time he did not get the chance to play the game.
Coming to Indian Team performance, India have an undisputable 2-0 lead in the 3-match Test series. The hosts has also won the first Test by 203 runs that was held in Vizag along with that it also went on to better their performance in the following game, recording a all-inclusive victory by an innings along with 137 runs in Pune.
Here is the list of Team India’s squad for 3rd Test: 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
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