New Delhi: 31-year-old Parthiv Patel will replace injured Wriddhiman Saha in the 3rd Test match against England at Mohali, beginning on November 26. The southpaw will return to the national Test side after 8 years.
Saha suffered a thigh strain and he is unavailable for the next game.
Parthiv made his debut against England as a 17-year-old and played his last Test match against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 2008.
Team : Virat Kohli (Capt), Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya