Devdutt Padikkal turned the 314th Indian to don the Check whites after being named within the enjoying XI of the fifth Check between India and England at Dharamsala on Thursday.
The southpaw replaces Rajat Patidar within the center order who pulled up sore within the morning after an damage in the course of the coaching session final night, in line with a BCCI launch.
The Karnataka batter has had a splendid home season up to now, scoring bucketloads of runs within the 2023 Vijay Hazare Trophy and the next Ranji Trophy, incomes him a spot within the India A facet.
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In 31 First-Class matches in his profession up to now, the 23-year-old has scored 2227 runs at a mean of 44.54 together with six centuries and 12 fifties.
With Padikkal’s addition, India has now fielded probably the most debutants in a single collection in its historical past – 5. The gamers who made their Check debuts within the ongoing collection consists of Rajat Patidar, Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan, Akash Deep and Devdutt Padikkal.