Team India has returned to Test cricket after 6 months and this return has brought good news for a young Indian player. Young spinner Manav Suthar has been given a chance to debut in the test match between India and Afghanistan in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. Left arm spinner Manav Suthar was welcomed into international cricket by giving him his Test cap just before the start of the match. With this, he became the 319th player to play Test cricket for India, while for the first time after 2021, a spinner has made his Test debut for Team India.
With the start of the only Test match between India and Afghanistan on Saturday, June 6, two debuts took place. Firstly, Maharaja Yadvendra Singh Stadium of Mullanpur was entered in Test cricket and it became the 31st venue of India to organize a Test match. After this, a more important debut took place for Team India, when star leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav handed over his ‘baggy blue’ cap to 23-year-old Suthar. With this Manav Suthar became a part of Indian Test cricket.
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Congratulations to debutant Manav Suthar as he receives his #TeamIndia Test cap from Kuldeep Yadav
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A day before this match, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir had announced that either Manav Suthar or Harsh Dubey will be given a chance. Both are 23-year-old left-arm spin all-rounders and their first class careers are almost the same. Suthar, who plays for Rajasthan, has taken 129 wickets in 29 first class matches, while Vidarbha spinner Dubey has taken 133 wickets in 27 matches. Similarly, in batting, Suthar has scored 945 runs at an average of 25.54, which has 1 century and 6 half-centuries, while Dubey has scored 1026 runs at an average of 25.65 and has scored 9 half-centuries.
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