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Mohammed Siraj and Auqib Nabi (Image credit: Agencies)
TimesofIndia.com successful Chandigarh: The Indian squad absorption is apt to marque a last telephone connected Mohammed Siraj's workload wrong the adjacent 48 hours up of the one-off Afghanistan Test. If the 32-year-old is rested, Auqib Nabi volition regenerate him successful the squad.TimesofIndia.com has learnt that aesculapian unit continues to show Siraj, who has already reached Chandigarh, but his information hinges connected an appraisal implicit the adjacent 2 days.
The bowler had a agelong play successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Gujarat Titans (GT), playing each game, including the last connected May 31. The Titans mislaid the last by 5 wickets to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad.Discussions occurred astir resting Siraj for the one-off Test but decision-makers did not privation to tract a wholly inexperienced bowling attack. If selectors marque a precocious telephone to remainder Siraj, Gurnoor Brar is apt to debut, and Nabi volition beryllium added to the squad."Siraj has had a agelong play and If helium is rested, determination is simply a agleam anticipation Gurnoor volition play and Nabi volition travel into the squad," a root tracking developments tells TimesofIndia.com.
Nabi, who took 60 wickets successful the Ranji Trophy and guided Jammu & Kashmir to the title, has joined the Indian squad arsenic 1 of six nett bowlers assisting the squad successful the build-up to the Test.Apart from Nabi, pacers Gurjapneet Singh and Prince Yadav, and spinners Saransh Jain, Zeeshan Ansari and Shivang Kumar person besides been asked to vessel successful the nets.The one-off Test volition beryllium played astatine the New Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) International Stadium successful New Chandigarh. It volition beryllium followed by 3 ODIs successful Dharamsala, Lucknow and Chennai.
