Ishan pulls out of SA Test series, Bharat named replacement

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NEW DELHI: Wicketkeeper-batter

Ishan Kishan

will miss the two-Test series against South Africa, starting December 26, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a release on Sunday.
Kishan had requested to be released citing personal reasons and the board subsequently acknowledged his request.
KS Bharat

has been named as the replacement for Kishan for the series.

Earlier, injured pacer Mohammed Shami too was ruled out for the Test series in the Rainbow Nation after he failed to regain full fitness.

Skipper

Rohit Sharma

, who didn't feature in the preceding T20I and ODI series will return to lead the Test squad against the Proteas.
Batting great

Virat Kohli

too will be making a comeback in the longest format.
India’s squad for Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad,

KL Rahul

(wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna, KS Bharat (wk)

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