India have named middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan as replacement for the injured B Sai Sudharsan for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Sai Sudharsan, who was ruled out with a right toe stress reaction, has been at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru and has made "significant progress in his recovery", according to a BCCI statement.
Sarfaraz last played a Test in 2024, the year in which he also made his debut. He has played six Tests so far, scoring 371 runs, including one century and three fifties.
Although he was part of India's squad for the 2024-25 tour of Australia, he did not get a game and was subsequently left out of the squad for the England tour last year.
He was the third-highest run-getter for Mumbai in the 2025 Ranji Trophy season, with 429 runs in seven games at an average of 53.62. His first-class average of 64.73 is among the highest for players to have played at least 50 innings.
India's Test squad
Shubman Gill (capt), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain, Auqib Nabi, Sarfaraz Khan
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