IND vs SA: BCCI add fresh face to Test squad as Mohammed Shami's replacement

IND vs SA: Avesh was added as a replacement for Mohammed Shami, who failed to prove his fitness for the series. 

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IND vs SA: After a disappointing loss in the first Test match at Centurain, BCCI have added Avesh Khan to the squad for the second Test against South Africa. Avesh was added as a replacement for Mohammed Shami, who failed to prove his fitness for the series. 

The 27-year-old has impressed in the recently concluded ODI series against South Africa, where he claimed 6 wickets by averaging just 19.17. Avesh scalped 4 wickets in the opening game of the ODI series, playing an anchor-sheet role to bundle out South Africa for merely 116.  

   

South Africa outplays India

India were outplayed by the South Africans in all departments in Centurion. After KL Rahul's brilliant ton, 'Men in Blue' failed to scalp wickets at regular intervals. South Africa started to widen the gap between runs. Dean Elgar scored 185 and Marco Jansen scored a career-best 84* to take the hosts to 408 in their first innings. However, India skipper Rohit admitted that it was not a 400+ wicket and that is where the game slipped away from India.

Kohli's 76 runs knock was a lone bright spot in India's second-innings collapse, where they were bundled out for a mere 131 within 34.1 overs. The pace attack, barring Jasprit Bumrah, failed to scalp wickets, leaving the team management with plenty to ponder before the New Year's Test in Cape Town.

The second and final Test between Protese and 'Men in Blue' is to be played from 3-7 January 2024 in Cape Town.

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Avesh Khan.