Yash Dayal joins Indian team as backup, fast bowler’s father confirms
Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Yash Dayal has been included in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team as a backup player. The fast bowler’s father Chandrapal Dayal told ‘IANS’ on Tuesday. Chanderpaul revealed that when Yash went to South Africa for the T20 series last week, he was called to join the team and he joined the team on November 17. He said that he is hopeful that his son will make his debut in this much-awaited series. “Yash – when he was with the T20 team in South Africa – got a call that he had to join the Test team in Australia. So he went there on November 17. He was there as a backup,” Chanderpaul told IANS over phone. But have gone.”
Left-arm fast bowler Yash was included in the squad for the first time against Bangladesh series, but he is yet to make his international debut. He has played a total of 24 matches in his first-class career and during this period he has taken 76 wickets at an average of 28.89. “Today was his first practice session. We just want him to make his debut soon and perform well for the country. That’s all we pray for,” he said. The 26-year-old fast bowler, who was recently part of the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India ‘A’ team against Australia, has also been selected in the Uttar Pradesh squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Indian team for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper) Keeper), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
