Saha out Karthik IN for Historic TEST

New Delhi, June 03: This is the big blow for the Indian Team as India s wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha was ruled out of the historic one-off Test against Afghanistan after failing to recover from the thumb injury he suffered in this year s Indian Premier League. From this aspect, The BCCI today named Dinesh Karthik as Saha s replacement for Afghanistan s debut Test match to be held in Bengaluru starting June 14. The BCCi said in a statement that, "Mr Wriddhiman Saha has been ruled out of the one-off Paytm Test against Afghanistan to be held in Bengaluru from the 14th of June, 2018," Karthik will return to the Test side after a hiatus of eight years. He last played a Test for India way back in 2010 against Bangladesh in Chittagong. In 23 Tests he had played so far for India, Karthik has scored 1000 runs with a hundred and seven half-centuries.