For the remaining three games, Bengal pacer Akash Deep received his first Test call-up, replacing Avesh Khan in the team.
On Saturday, the BCCI revealed the Indian team for the final three Test matches against England. Due to having to postpone the announcement, the selection committee had to wait a few days to receive KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja’s fitness clearance. The two’s availability is still conditioned by their physical condition.
The 27-year-old recently claimed 13 wickets while playing for India ‘A’ against the England Lions in unofficial Test matches, impressing the men who matter enough to be selected for the starting squad.
The Bengal pacer, who was acquired by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022 for INR 20 Lakh, is an IPL player for the team. He has taken six wickets in his seven IPL games to date. The India call-up will undoubtedly give the 27-year-old more confidence heading into the lucrative league’s next season, since he is yet to show his mettle in the IPL.
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https://bhandarisumit.com.np/india-vs-england-virat-kohli-will-miss-a-complete-test-series-kl-rahul-ravindra-jadeja-back-in-squad/: Akash Deep: The 27 year old Bengal Pacer Receives His First Call-Up for an India TestHere’s everything you need to know about Akash Deep:
- Akash Deep, who was born on December 15, 1996, in Dehri town, which is located in the Rotas district of Bihar, always desired to play cricket but did not receive the necessary support from his father. He moved to Bengal in 2010 from his village, where his uncle encouraged him to pursue his cricket career.
- Akash Deep enrolled himself into a local academy, but tragedy struck later after his father and his elder brother died in the space of a few months.
- Akash Deep was part of the Bengal team that reached the finals of the Ranji Trophy in 2020 and 2023, losing to Saurashtra on both occasions.
- Akash Deep has claimed 103 wickets in 29 First-class matches, with a top average of 6 for 60. In the recent three-match unofficial Test series against the England Lions, he represented India ‘A’ and claimed 13 wickets.
- Akash Deep was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022 IPL auction for Rs 20 lakh and took seven wickets in six matches in that season of the tournament.
- He was chosen to replace a member of India’s squad that qualified for and won the gold medal at the Asian Games last year.
Akash Deep Career Stats
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 29 | 48 | 4708 | 2388 | 103 | 6/60 | 10/112 | 23.18 | 3.04 | 45.7 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| List A | 28 | 28 | 1280 | 1029 | 42 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 24.50 | 4.82 | 30.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20s | 41 | 41 | 873 | 1095 | 48 | 4/35 | 4/35 | 22.81 | 7.52 | 18.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC | 29 | 36 | 3 | 418 | 53* | 12.66 | 535 | 78.13 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 0 |
| List A | 28 | 16 | 5 | 140 | 44 | 12.72 | 120 | 116.66 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| T20s | 41 | 13 | 6 | 76 | 17 | 10.85 | 52 | 146.15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
India is yearning for skills like those that Akash Deep possesses.
Although Akash Deep bowls with a rapid arm twist that causes the ball to skid through and push the batter off the deck, one may initially consider him to be a medium pacer.
A batter has to spend some time to get used to confronting him because Akash is trickier than a hitter thinks.
Similar to Mukesh Kumar, Akash possesses a strong seaming ability and can cause problems for the batters by delivering his stock inwards. The management decided that, in the next games in the series, Akash Deep would be the like-to-like substitute for Mukesh because the latter was not performing up to par.