• Sarfaraz Khan was added to the lineup for the 2nd Test vs. England.
• Imam-ul-Haq congratulated Sarfaraz on his call-up.
• Sarfaraz joins Sundar & Kumar as replacements.

The second Test match between India and England will take place in Visakhapatnam on February 2nd, and Sarfaraz Khan, an uncapped batter, has been added to the Indian lineup.

The 26-year-old has been a persistent candidate for selection ever since he finished 45 first-class matches with 3912 runs at an average of 69.85. He’s hit 11 fifty-five and fourteen hundreds.

Imam-ul-Haq, the batter from Pakistan, congratulated the Indian batter on his participation. “Congratulations brother, So happy for you,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter)

Congratulations brother So Happy for you ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/TDmKXMZYjj

— Imam Ul Haq (@ImamUlHaq12) January 29, 2024

It should be mentioned that Imam and Sarfaraz previously met in a Dubai-based U19 World Cup match in 2014.

Following their exclusion from the second Test, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul dealt a double blow to India.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) acknowledged in a statement that Jadeja had a hamstring injury and Rahul experienced soreness in his right quadriceps on the fourth day of the first Test.

The BCCI declared that Sarfaraz, Washington Sundar, and Sourabh Kumar would be joining.

India’s squad

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Saurabh Kumar.

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