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Dinesh Karthik to Replace Injured Saha in Indian Test Squad vs SA

Saha had suffered an upper left hamstring tendon injury during training on 11 January.

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Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has replaced injured Wriddhiman Saha in India’s squad for the third and final Test against South Africa, BCCI announced on Tuesday, 16 January.

Saha had suffered an upper left hamstring tendon injury during training on 11 January and was rested for India’s second Test.

“Mr Wriddhiman Saha suffered an upper left hamstring tendon injury during training on Thursday, 11 January. The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor his progress,” BCCI Acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary said in a statement.

India’s third and final Test of the series is scheduled to be held in Johannesburg from 24 January.

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Thirty-two-year-old Karthik has played 23 Tests for India but his last five-day appearance for the team was back in 2010 against Bangladesh. He has 51 catches and five stumpings to his credit.

Saha was replaced by Parthiv Patel in the ongoing Test at Centurion after he picked up the injury, which was initially described as a niggle.

He wasn't much of a success in the opening Test in Cape Town, returning scores of 0 and 8. But the 33-year-old broke Mahendra Singh Dhoni's record for most dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper in a Test match.

Saha claimed 10 catches in the Cape Town Test to go past the record of nine dismissals set by Dhoni against Australia in Melbourne in December 2014.

Since making his debut against South Africa in 2010, Saha has represented India in 32 Tests, effecting 85 dismissals – 75 catches and 10 stumpings.

(With inputs from PTI.)

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