Arzan Nagwaswalla: The unsold participant from IPL public sale who will assist India put together for New Zealand
Arzan Nagwaswalla, a 23-year-old left arm seamer from Gujarat, has been picked as a reserve participant within the Indian Test squad named for the World Test Championship ultimate in opposition to New Zealand in Southampton.
Nagwaswalla picked 41 wickets in 8 video games at 18.36 through the 2019-20 Ranji Trophy season, having damaged into the Gujarat first-class aspect the earlier yr. He adopted that up with a formidable shorter format debut that yr. He had, nevertheless, gone unsold within the latest IPL public sale.
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Having made his mark in home cricket as a left arm swing bowler, Nagwaswalla can assist Indian batsmen put together for the bowling of New Zealand’s Neil Wagner and Trent Boult.
Arzan Nagwaswalla is a brand new addition within the #GroupIndia squad as a standby participant. @GCAMotera
Watch this to know what he’s able to 🎥 👇
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) May 7, 2021
Arzan Rohinton Nagwaswalla, a member of a Parsi group in a village close to the Maharashtra border, had been born in Surat in 1997. He broke by successive age-group groups in Gujarat, having excelled in all three codecs within the final two years.
He shot to fame with a five-wicket haul in opposition to Mumbai on the Wankhede Stadium in his debut season. He has adopted that up with three extra five-wicket hauls, other than one ten-wicket haul in opposition to Punjab.
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He had gone unsold within the public sale held earlier than the IPL 2021 season.
On Friday, he was named as considered one of 4 reserve gamers, the others being Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna and Avesh Khan, within the Indian Test squad named for the World Test Championship ultimate and the next five-match Test sequence in opposition to England.
India have a woeful document in opposition to New Zealand away from residence. They have been outplayed in a 0-2 sequence defeat in New Zealand final yr. In truth, since 1976, India have received a complete of 1 Test win in opposition to New Zealand away from residence — beneath MS Dhoni in a 2009 sequence, through which Sachin Tendulkar scored 160 within the first innings.
Could Nagwaswalla, who has been picked forward of the likes of Jaydev Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya, assist India change that document in Southampton?
