The fourth match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played in Ranchi. In this match, a player of Team India has got a chance to debut. The Indian team is ahead 2-1 in this series. In such a situation, Team India would like to win the fourth match and win the series. India's star player Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for this match. In such a situation, Akashdeep Singh has been given a chance in his place. This will be the debut match of Akashdeep Singh. Akashdeep Singh has got this opportunity under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma in Ranchi.
Total four debuts for Team India
Now a total of four players have made their Test debut during this series against England. Earlier, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Rajat Patidar had debuted under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Now Akashdeep Singh has become the fourth player to debut in this series. Akashdeep Singh was given the debut cap by Team India head coach Rahul Dravid. In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, the responsibility of performing well for Team India is on Akashdeep Singh, because in this match the Indian team is bowling first, because England has won the toss and decided to bat first.
Akash Deep's performance in Ranji Trophy
This fast bowler, who plays for Bihar, does wonders with the ball as well as the bat. In the year 2022, Akash batted brilliantly in the quarter-finals of Ranji Trophy. This player had scored a half-century in just 18 balls on 9 June 2022. During this, he also hit 8 skyscraper sixes. He has played a total of 30 first-class cricket matches so far. This player has 104 wickets in his name in 49 innings of 30 matches. The best performance of a player in an innings of Test cricket is taking 6 wickets for 60 runs. Apart from this, his best performance in the match is taking 10 wickets for 112 runs. This player has taken 4 wickets 7 times, 5 wickets 4 times and 10 wickets once in Ranji Trophy.
Team India is full of youth
The playing eleven of Team India is full of young players. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the youth of India have performed very well in this series so far. Earlier there used to be young players among the batsmen, but with the arrival of Akashdeep Singh in the Ranchi Test, youth have entered the bowling. If we look at the top order and bowlers, there are 6 young players playing in this match. In such a situation, captain Rohit Sharma will have a big responsibility to make these players perform well.
Team India's playing-11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Akashdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.