Jaydev Unadkat picked for Bangladesh Tests rather than injured Mohammed Shami

Veteran left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat has obtained a call-up to the Indian Test squad for the upcoming sequence in Bangladesh as a substitute for the injured Mohammed Shami.

Unadkat, who’s coming off a formidable efficiency in his group Saurashtra’s Vijay Hazare Trophy win just lately, is presently in Rajkot and ready to finish his visa formalities, after which he’ll be part of the Test squad in Chattogram. A BCCI supply confirmed the event to PTI.

Shami was dominated out of the sequence because of a hand damage.

India is ready to play two Tests in Bangladesh.

The 31-year-old Unadkat performed his lone Test in 2010, in opposition to South Africa in Centurion. Since then, he has performed seven ODIs and 10 T20 Internationals.

The Saurashtra skipper was the very best wicket-taker within the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 19 scalps in 10 video games. In all, he has picked 353 wickets in 96 first-class matches.

Besides Shami, the touring Indian group had been combating injures to gamers similar to skipper Rohit Sharma, children Kuldeep Sen and Deepak Chahar who have been earlier dominated out of the ODIs.