India vs County Select XI: Why Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar turned out against Indians

Indian fans were left perplexed on social media after witnessing Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar turn up for the County XI in the practice match against India. While Sundar is a capped Test player, Avesh is yet to make his Test debut and has travelled to England with the team as one of the backup pacers.

Team India’s practice game ahead of their five-match Test series against England got underway in Durham on Tuesday (July 20). There were plenty of surprises in both the sides with the likes of Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravichandran Ashwin all sitting out this practice game. In addition to that, young Indian paceman Avesh Khan and all-rounder Washington Sundar turned out for County XI instead of Indian. Indian fans were left perplexed on social media after witnessing Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar turn up for the County XI in the practice match against India. While Sundar is a capped Test player, Avesh is yet to make his Test debut and has travelled to England with the team as one of the backup pacers. “The ECB made a request to the Indian team management to let two players from the Indian contingent play for County Select XI after some of their players were deemed to be unavailable either due to injury or close contacts of a COVID-19 positive person. Accordingly, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan have been made available to play for their team,” BCCI announced in a statement.