India suffer body blow as KL-Jadeja out of 2nd Test, long wait ends for Sarfaraz

India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and batter KL Rahul were on Monday ruled out of the IND vs ENG 2nd Test dealing a body blow to the hosts after a shock loss in the series openerJadeja sustained a hamstring injury while going for a quick single on Sunday while Rahul complained of pain in his right quadricepsWorryingly Rahul had also injured his right thigh while fielding in the IPL in May last year and that required a surgery keeping him out of the game for four monthsMr Ravindra Jadeja and Mr KL Rahul have been ruled out of the second IDFC First Bank Test against England in Vizag starting February 02 2024 the BCCI said in a media releaseThe BCCI Medical Team is monitoring the progress of the duo it addedThe selection committee has added Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan leftarm spinner Sourabh Kumar and allrounder Washington Sundar to the squad for the IND vs ENG 2nd TestIt is a maiden national call up for Sarfaraz after scoring truck load of runs in domestic cricket and more recently in the India A series against England LionsWith Virat Kohli already unavailable for the first two Tests due to personal reasons the injuries to Jadeja and Rahul have made matters worse for India who find themselves under pressure after losing only their fourth Test at home since 2013Both Rahul and Jadeja had made significant contributions in the first Test before England staged a remarkable comeback to win the game by 28 runs and go 10 up in the fivematch series Jadeja snapped up five wickets and made 87 in the first innings while Rahul scored 86Also ReadHartley gives India Hyderabad BluesJadejas allround abilities are invaluable to the team Offspinner Sundar who has shown a lot of promise in his fourTest old career could replace Jadeja in the playing elevenEver since making his comeback from injury in the Asia Cup in September Rahul has displayed stellar form in the ODI and Test format Keeping wickets in the ODI World Cup and more recently in the Test series in South Africa added to his workloadThough Sarfaraz has got a welldeserved callup the chances of Rajat Patidar who was already part of the 15 making his debut in Vizag are higherWith Sundar being drafted into the Test Saransh Jain has been named as his replacement in the India A squad for the third and final multiday game against England Lions starting on Thursday in AhmedabadAvesh Khan will continue to travel with his Ranji Trophy team Madhya Pradesh and will join the Test squad if required the released addedIndias updated Squad for 2nd Test vs England Rohit Sharma C Shubman Gill Yashasvi Jaiswal Shreyas Iyer KS Bharat WK Dhruv Jurel WK Ravichandran Ashwin Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Mohd Siraj Mukesh Kumar Jasprit Bumrah VC Avesh Khan Rajat Patidar Sarfaraz Khan Washington Sundar Sourabh KumarWith agency inputs