Headingley, June 18 (UNI) Indian pacer Harshit Rana has received a call-up for the Test squad against England.
Rana, who was a part of the India A squad has linked up with the team India gear up for the series opener in Headingley, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed in a statement.
Rana made his debut on India’s tour of Australia in November 2024, and nabbed four wickets in his first Test in Perth - playing a pivotal role in India’s mammoth win by 295 runs.
India's squad: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana.
The 23-year-old, was part of the India A lineup for the first unofficial Test against England Lions in Canterbury.
Rana finished the game with a wicket, and was also handy with the bat, as he struck two maximums off England spinner Rehan Ahmed, an ICC report said.
He will accompany veteran Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna and Akash Deep in India's pace attack, alongside all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Led by newly-appointed skipper Shubman Gill, India are set to take on England in their first assignment of the upcoming ICC World Test Championship cycle in a much-anticipated
five-match series.
The two sides last featured in a five-Test series in 2024, when India turned around a 1-0 deficit to clinch the series 4-1 at home.
The two-time WTC Finalists will be missing out on the services of seasoned batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who retired from the Test format last month.
England and India meet in the first Test in Headingley starting June 20.
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