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Injured Wriddhiman Saha replaced by Dinesh Karthik for Afghanistan Test

Megha Jain

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Today, The BCCI announced that Wriddhiman Saha, regular Test wicketkeeper-batsman of India, has been ruled out of the historic one-off Test against Afghanistan in Bengaluru due to a thumb injury he sustained during the second qualifier of IPL 2018. Dinesh Karthik, who last played a Test for India back in 2010, named as his replacement. As per medical team Saha's needs around five to six weeks of a recovery period.