Rohit Sharma, certain to make his Test debut today, hurt his ankle while warming up this morning and that paved the way for Bengal's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha to make his Test debut at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here Saturday.
Rohit Sharma, certain to make his Test debut today, hurt his ankle while warming up this morning and that paved the way for Bengal's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha to make his Test debut at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here Saturday.
The Mumbai batsman hurt his ankle during a game of soccer in the morning practice.
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Also, making debut for India is Tamil Nadu's Subramaniam Badrinath, who has been on the fringes for quite some years. Karnataka's Murali Vijay, who has done well whenever he got a chance, will bat at number three.
South Africa made one change from the side that played the fourth and last Test against England at Johannesburg last month, bringing in left-arm spinner Paul Harris for all-rounder Ryan McLaren.
Test squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, S. Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun, Wridhiman Saha.
South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Ashwell Prince, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, A.B. de Villiers, J.P. Duminy, Mark Boucher (wicketkeeper), Dale Steyn, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell.
Umpires: Ian Gould (England) and Steve Davis (Australia). Third umpire: Shahvir Tarapore (India). Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe).
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