IND vs ENG / This 26 year old player will debut in Rajkot Test! Big update on Team India's playing 11

IND vs ENG: After 5 years, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot is ready to host the Test match. The third match of the 5-match Test series between India and England is going to be played on this ground. This match can become memorable for a young player of Team India. This player is expected to get a chance to debut in the Test.

This player will debut in Rajkot test!

Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli is not a part of this series. At the same time, KL Rahul is also out of the third match of the series. In such a situation, Indian domestic cricket's star batsman Sarfaraz Khan is finally going to get a chance to make his Test debut for India. The source confirmed to The Indian Express that Sarfaraz Khan will debut. Because KL Rahul is out of this test, Sarfaraz will get a chance to play his first match.

Sarfaraz Khan's domestic career

Sarfaraz Khan's domestic career has been quite good so far. Sarfaraz has played 45 first class matches so far. During this period, he has scored 3912 runs in 66 innings at an average of 69.85. In these matches, Sarfaraz has played 11 half-centuries and 14 century innings. He has also played 37 List A matches. In these matches he has scored 629 runs at an average of 34.94. At the same time, in 96 T20 matches, he has scored 1188 runs at an average of 22.41.

This was the performance in the last three Ranji Trophy seasons

The last three seasons of Ranji Trophy have been very memorable for Sarfaraz Khan. Sarfaraz scored 928 runs at an average of 154.7 in the 2019/20 season of Ranji Trophy. After this, in the 2021/22 season, Sarfaraz Khan scored 982 runs at an average of 122.8. Sarfaraz had scored 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries during this period. At the same time, in the 2022/23 season, Sarfaraz had scored 556 runs at an average of 92.6. On the other hand, this year Sarfaraz has scored 186 runs for India A at an average of 52.

India's probable playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.