Team India is all set to take on England in Rajkot for the third test match of the series. However, before the start of the match, it was a huge moment for one of the prolific run-getters in domestic cricket Sarfaraz Khan.
Sarfaraz Khan was handed team India’s test cap for the third test match of the series against England as the cap was handed by one of India’s greatest spinners Anil Kumble.
Team India will be without the services of Kl Rahul, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer for the third test match in such a scenario Sarfaraz Khan was handed the test cap along with Dhruv Jurel who replaces Ks Bharat as team India’s wicketkeeper for the third test match of the series.
Sarfaraz khan along with Rajat Patidar and Dhurv jurel will be team India’s middle order which will be put to the test against quality England bowling.
During the cap presentation ceremony Sarfaraz Khan’s father was present in the ground he couldn’t control his tears when his son was handed his test debut cap for team India which came as a reward for all the hard work that he had done in domestic cricket.
Team India won the toss and elected to bat first in the third test match of the series. Apart from Sarfraz Khan Ravindra Jadeja is also back into team India’s playing 11 for this match with Mukesh Kumar and Axar Patel making the way for two of them.
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Teams playing 11 for the third test match:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England:Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes(c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson.
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