NEW DELHI: Team India suffered two major blows with allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and star batsman KL Rahul ruled out of the second Test match against England due to injuries, the cricket board said on Monday.
Rohit Sharma's India, who are already without their star player Virat Kohli, lost the nail-biting opening Test by 28 runs in Hyderabad on Sunday. India are currently trailing the five-match series 0-1 and will head into the second Test with almost an inexperienced side. The second Test will be played in Visakhapatnam starting Friday.
BCCI on Monday added Sarfaraz Khan, Saurabh Kumar, and Washington Sundar to India's squad.
Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh said the team is going to miss Jadeja and KL Rahul and the new squad lacks experience.
"BCCI announced the team and shockingly both Jadeja and KL Rahul are not part of it. Both in-form cricketers are injured. We don't know about their return as well. Virat Kohli isn't there as well. His presence would have bolstered the Indian batting lineup. Shubman is out of form. Shreyas hasn't been among the runs. Both are class cricketers but haven't scored runs so far," Harbhajan said on his YouTube channel.
1/10:India vs England 1st Test: Statistical Highlights
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2/10:Ollie Pope
<p>Ollie Pope's 196 is his second highest Test score behind the 205 vs Ireland at Lord's in June 2023. </p>IANS
3/10:Joe Root
<p>Just three England batters have amassed more runs in an innings in India - 218 by Joe Root in 2021; 207 by Mike Gatting in 1985 and 201 by Graeme Fowler in 1985 - all three at Chennai. </p>IANS
4/10:Tom Hartley
<p>Tom Hartley's figures of 7/62 are the fifth best bowling performance against India on Test debut and also the best for an England spinner on Test debut in the post-war era (since 1945). </p>PTI
5/10:9 wickets
<p>Tom Hartley's nine wickets in a match are the joint-most since Robert Berry's 9/116 vs West Indies in Manchester in 1950. </p>PTI
6/10:2nd highest losing 1st innings score
<p>India's total of 436 is their second highest losing first innings score in India, resulting in a defeat behind the 449 against Pakistan at Bengaluru in 2005. </p>PTI
7/10:Shubman Gill
<p>Shubman Gill averages 17.30 (173 runs in his last 11 innings without a 50), the highest being 36 against South Africa at Cape Town this month) since making 128 against Australia at Ahmedabad (March 2023). </p>AFP
8/10:Defeat for India
<p>190 is the second highest first innings lead resulting in a defeat for India in a Test match - the highest being 192 against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2015. </p>AFP
9/10:4th narrowest Test defeat
<p>This is the fourth narrowest Test defeat for India by runs (28), behind 12 runs vs Pakistan in Chennai 1999, 16 runs vs Australia in Brisbane 1977 and 16 vs Pakistan in Bengaluru 1987. </p>AFP
10/10:England seamers
<p>This is the first instance that there was no wicket for England seamers in a Test in post war era (since 1945), where they have taken all 20 opposition wickets. </p>Reuters"The team looks decent but lacks experience. Yes, there is Rohit Sharma, but the next best run-scorer is Ashwin. In terms of batting, the line-up looks weak. And if they play on a turning track, which I feel they will because they have added Washington Sundar while having Kuldeep Yadav, Ashwin and Axar Patel," he said.
"India should be careful that they don't fall into their own trap by preparing a turning track for the visitors. This batting unit is young, they need time, and if they get a good track, they might even perform well," he said.
It is a maiden national call-up for Sarfaraz after scoring truckload of runs in domestic cricket and more recently in the India A series against England Lions.
Sarfaraz was India A's highest run-getter in the series. He scored 220 runs in 2 matches at an average of 73.33, including one century and one fifty.
1/10:Ollie Pope, Tom Hartley star as England stun India in opening Test
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2/10:Seven-star Hartley shines on debut
<p>Debutant spinner Tom Hartley took seven wickets as England pulled off a dramatic 28-run upset win over India marked by a stellar batting performance by Ollie Pope in the opening Test in Hyderabad on Sunday.<br /></p>Getty Images
3/10:England bowl India out for 202 to register thrilling win
<p>Chasing 231 for victory, India were bowled out for 202 in the final over of an extended third session of play on the fourth day in Hyderabad, as Hartley got Mohammed Siraj stumped with his left-arm spin to trigger celebrations from the England camp.<br /></p>IANS
4/10:Pope stands out with his 196-run knock
<p>Pope stood out with his 196 to bring England bouncing back from being 190 behind at the start of their second innings to lead the five-match series 1-0.<br /></p>AFP
5/10:Hartley dismisses Bharat to grab his five-wicket haul
<p>Hartley, who got his five-wicket haul after he bowled wicketkeeper-batter KS Bharat, kept coming back to return figures of 7-62 and a match tally of nine wickets.</p>PTI
6/10:Hartley scalps Jaiswal, Gill in space of three balls
<p>India started well in their chase, before Hartley struck twice in one over to send back Yashasvi Jaiswal (15) and Shubman Gill (0) in the space of three deliveries.</p>IANS
7/10:Hartley gets rid of India skipper Rohit
<p>Rohit looked good in his knock of 39, but got rapped on the pads by Hartley's darting ball into the right-hander and walked back after his failed review on the lbw.<br /></p>IANS
8/10:India lose Axar soon after tea break
<p>The left-handed Axar Patel (17) was promoted up the order and began attacking the bowling but was dismissed after the tea break and India soon slipped to 119-7.<br /></p>IANS
9/10:Injured Leach sends Iyer back
<p>Premier spinner Jack Leach took the field with an injured knee, after he banged it on day one and two, and bowled 10 overs for the wicket of Shreyas Iyer, for 13.<br /></p>Getty Images
10/10:Hartley dismisses Ashwin to end India's hopes
<p>Bharat and Ravichandran Ashwin attempted to pull things back in their partnership of 57 but Hartley got them out to end India's hopes.<br /></p>ReutersHarbhajan said this series is going to be a big opportunity for Sarfaraz who has 3912 runs in 45 first-class matches at an average of 69.85.
"Sarafaraz's name was doing rounds for quite some time and finally he has been given the chance. He has been scoring runs and got a well-deserved call-up. He needs to grab the opportunity with both hands. If he is not able to perform, he will have to make way for Virat Kohli when King Kohli returns," Harbhajan said.
India Test squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, K.S. Bharat (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Saurabh Kumar
