Cricket - Sri Lanka v India - Third One Day International Match - Pallekele, Sri Lanka - August 27, 2017 - India's Jasprit Bumrah in action. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteNEW DELHI - 4 December 2017: India handed a maiden test call-up to paceman Jasprit Bumrah on Monday, naming the right-arm fast bowler in a 17-man squad for the three-match series in South Africa next month.Wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel also returned to the test ranks after a year out as back-up to Wriddhiman Saha. "If you see his performance for the past 18 months, he's been phenomenal ... in both one-day and Twenty20," Prasad said. "When you go to South Africa, you definitely require two wicketkeepers, you cannot take a chance. We gave him an opportunity against England and he did beyond our expectations," Prasad said.Currently playing a three-test series against Sri Lanka, world number one India will leave for South Africa later this month to play three tests beginning on Jan. 5 in Cape Town.

Source: Egypt Today December 04, 2017 15:45 UTC