Indian pacer Harshit Rana has been included in India’s Test squad as a backup and travelled with the rest of the team to reach the venue for the series opener against England, which begins on June 20.
Rana had made his debut last year in Australia but was not named in the 18-player squad for the five Tests against England. He was part of the India A squad and played the first unofficial Test against England Lions in Canterbury.
The 23-year-old from Delhi has played two Tests, five ODIs and a T20.
“He has been added as cover and arrived in Leeds with the team today,” said a BCCI source.
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The team had travelled to Leeds from London via train, and Rana was seen exiting the Leeds train station with the rest of the squad members.
The likes of KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shardul Thakur, Dhruv Jurel and Nitish Reddy arrived in the UK with the A squad and got welcome match practice.
India played an intra-squad game against India A at Beckenham, its sole warm-up game for the series.
(With inputs from PTI)