Mumbai: Uncapped Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has replaced leg-spinner Amit Mishra for India's one-off Test match against Bangladesh beginning tomorrow in Hyderabad, the Indian board (BCCI) said.
Mishra will miss the match due to a knee injury he sustained while fielding during India's Twenty20 win over England in Bengaluru on February 1. Left-arm chinaman bowler Yadav has played for India under-19 and India A but is yet to make his debut for the senior side.
The 22-year-old was previously picked, but did not feature, in the India's one-day international series against West Indies in October 2014.
Meanwhile, Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe have sought help from two of Test cricket's greatest off-spinners ahead of Australia's series in India later this month.
The front-line pair approached New Zealand's Daniel Vettori and Australia's chief destroyer in Sri Lanka last year, Rangana Herath, for advice ahead of the four-Test tour, which starts on February 23 in Pune.
Between them, left-arm spinners Vettori and Herath have captured more than 700 Test wickets and boast outstanding performances in Asia.
"The main things you get away from those guys is challenging the batter's defence," O'Keefe told Cricket Australia's website from the team's pre-tour training camp in Dubai.
