File photo of Axar Patel.© AFP
Again fit all-rounder Axar Patel has included left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, starting in Bengaluru on Saturday. The Indian team management has released Kuldeep from the team. Axar was recovering from a calf injury that had forced him out of the tour of South Africa and the T20I series against West Indies. He had also recently tested positive for COVID-19.
A BCCI source told PTI, “Akshar was the first choice but he had to go through recovery and so Kuldeep was a backup.”
“Now that Akshar is fit and back, Kuldeep has been released,” the source said.
At the time of announcing the squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, the BCCI had said that Akshar was expected to be fit for the second match.
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Kuldeep last played a Test in February 2021.
India won the first Test against Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs.
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